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    Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (26092832)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 5930
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26092832Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2004-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:00:00
    End time 16:10:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 544
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		260
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		115Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		2612Probably Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		670
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		130
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		220
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		720
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		770
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		170
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		586Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		571Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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