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    Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (26092832)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 6834
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26092832Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2005-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:40:00
    End time 16:40:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 614
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1914Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		2310Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		11Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		525Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		28165Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1300


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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