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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 2816
    Compiler 155
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1999-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 465
    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)
    200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1000
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    420
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    280
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    198Crake, Corn
    (Crex crex)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1800
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    260
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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