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    Hlatikulu Valley (29152941)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510238
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2023-08-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:36
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 526
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 6Agriculture along drying margings
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This wetland is on a very well-run farm and at harvest time brings in many species of water birds. The owner is aware how important all the birds are.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Louise Burden
     
    0Sarah Millar
     
    47Jane Irvine
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		440
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		391Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		382Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1350
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		1070
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    893Gallinule, Purple
    (Porphyrio martinica)    		10


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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