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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 511105
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2025-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 109
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Maize and grasslands very high along the edges of the dams. No shoreline for the birds to sit
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Phyll Mc Grath
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		290
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		150
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		21


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    Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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