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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 511946
    Compiler 1588
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2018-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 209
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Beruti
     
    0B Osborne
     
    0D Bell
     
    0R Clarke
     
    0S Beruti
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    540
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)
    150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    380
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    280Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20Probably Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    260
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    10


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    Monday 06 April 2026 03:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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