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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510825
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2024-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 389
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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 Half the wetland had been controlled burnt and fire breaks done in the adjoining fields, area very dry
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marilyn Aitken
     
    0Phyll McGrath
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1640
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		650
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		690
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    199Crake, African
    (Crex egregia)    		20
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		270
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Thursday 31 October 2024 04:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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