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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510389
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2024-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 118
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 6Agriculture along drying margings
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The area was very wet after heavy rains the last couple of weeks.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		152Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		586Confirmed Breeding
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		22Probably Breeding
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 09:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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