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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 2626
    Compiler 155
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1998-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 962
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    730
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1550
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2260
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    220
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    80
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    590
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    3190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    90
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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