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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 511953
    Compiler 1588
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2020-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 381
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    260
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    140
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1860Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    830
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    20


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    Wednesday 18 February 2026 11:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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