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    Blood River Vlei (Central) (27503035)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 8242
    Compiler 1683
    Location code 27503035Blood River Vlei (Central) (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2006-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 55
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 2965
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes None
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		250
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		11000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9000
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		690
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		450
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		100
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3100
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		2820
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		210
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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