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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 511111
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2025-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55
    End time 12:55
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 1064
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Route 2 has not been counted again as we don't have access to a boat. this is a great pity because most of the waterfowl are on the other side of the dam The dam was 103% full with long grass along the shoreline
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Hugh Bulcock
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2640
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3860Probably Breeding
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2663Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		72Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		530
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Monday 14 April 2025 11:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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