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    Hlatikulu Valley (29152941)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510879
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2024-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 709
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The farming area has totally changed from mixed crops to a dairy farm. This does not seem to have affected the bird life. There are still fields of maize used for silage and open veld.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anita Divall
     
    1799Peter Dival
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		520
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		370
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1490
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1290
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		870
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		1320
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		230
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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