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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505726
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-07-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 222
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A severe drought in July 2016 with the dams very low or empty.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Twane' Clarke
     
    1751Karin Nelson
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		21
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		100
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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