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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 507574
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2019-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 710
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    0Mike Spain
     
    0Sal Davies
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5210Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		190
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    690Wagtail, Grey
    (Motacilla cinerea)    		110


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    Friday 30 January 2026 06:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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