Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
| Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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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. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 9.85 | 58 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.78 | 10 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 199 | Crake, African | Crex egregia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 202 | Crake, Baillon's | Zaporina pusilla | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.91 | 6 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 1 | 1.64 | 3 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 1 | 11.20 | 61 | |||
| 215 | Crane, Wattled | Grus carunculata | 1 | 5.09 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.30 | 2 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 6.50 | 15 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 5.31 | 23 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 9.73 | 27 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 6.33 | 24 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 66.78 | 300 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 31.28 | 120 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 4.91 | 12 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.50 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 4.63 | 19 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.59 | 6 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 23.88 | 167 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 3 | 37.58 | 102 | |||
| 82 | Ibis, Southern Bald | Geronticus calvus | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 2.25 | 4 | |||
| 229 | Jacana, Lesser | Microparra capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.90 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 2 | 4.45 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 13.31 | 50 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.81 | 3 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.57 | 7 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 3.31 | 10 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 4.67 | 12 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 3.33 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 5.83 | 23 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 8.30 | 68 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.29 | 8 |
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