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    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 511066
    Compiler 14593
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2025-01-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:50
    End time 15:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 9
    Total Count 169
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very hot on the day. One of the roost/colony trees next to the dam has collapsed into the dam. This is being used as perch by several of the birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		219Confirmed Breeding
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		8320Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		21Possibly Breeding
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		41
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Friday 31 January 2025 02:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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