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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (29253024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509930
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29253024Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2023-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1494
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 24Development/housing/resorts
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam was 102 % full with long grass growing beyond the shoreline
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Chris Theron
     
    0Hugh Bulcock
     
    0Theo Cave
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    0Unknown, Unknown
    (Unknown Unknown)    		00
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		940
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		670
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		8960
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		460
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		220
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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