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    Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (26092832)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 8518
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26092832Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2006-08-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:20:00
    End time 14:50:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 492
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		73Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		1810Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10Possibly Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1700
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		168105Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		54Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		291Confirmed Breeding
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		161Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		460
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 03 January 2026 06:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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