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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 512076
    Compiler 1588
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:05
    End time 09:19
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 198
    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 Matcher
     
    0B Garret
     
    0C Fraser
     
    0D Bell
     
    0K Fraser
     
    0T Coetzer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    320
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    420
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    190
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    520
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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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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