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Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
2008-05-28
Brief_description
A selection of two dams. Both dams are surveyed from hides. The adjacent fields sometimes also hold large numbers of ducks and geese. The site is situated on the Southern KZN birding route and it does have the three crane species breeding and feeding around the dams. The site is situated in the Karkloof conservancy.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.673   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata19.8558   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus13.8810   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus55.005   
202Crake, Baillon'sZapornia pusilla22.002
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.916
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea11.643   
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum110.5461   
215Crane, WattledGrus carunculata15.0022  2
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.302   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor11.001   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus16.5015   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata15.3123   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata19.7327   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.272
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.3324   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca166.71300   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis131.39120   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.1012   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.544
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.7819   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.636   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.202   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.28167   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash336.67102   
82Ibis, Southern BaldGeronticus calvus1717.0017 
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.254   
229Jacana, LesserMicroparra capensis22.002   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.903
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.553
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus24.4512   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus113.6850   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.813   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata11.502
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.006   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.672-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos22.002  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola33.003   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.2710   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii24.6712   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.336   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.0923   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus11.001   
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha18.3068   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.388
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Friday 29 March 2024 12:45
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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