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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 508611
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2020-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:00
    End time 18:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 440
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The number of birds counted is much higher than the previous years. This is because we did the count in the late afternoon as the birds were coming into roost next to the one dam.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1380
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		680
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		540
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		220
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Friday 30 January 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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