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    Chelmsford Dam (27572957)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 2319
    Compiler 50
    Location code 27572957Chelmsford Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1998-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:20:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 1192
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    7690
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    230
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    220
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    120
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    100
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    360
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    290
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    60
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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