Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (29253024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 9374
    Compiler 167
    Location code 29253024Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00 AM
    End time 01:00:00 PM
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 10
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 539
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 86.1% full
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1380Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		490Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		610
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		680
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		150Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		50
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		280
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		120
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License