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Vm 14550
S Masked Weaver - nests on barbed wire
Vm 982
Vieillot's Weaver - great composition
Vm 597
Thick-billed Weaver - furthest S record for species
Vm 478
Southern Masked Weaver - largest colony in Free State

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Total records submitted to (and accepted in) PHOWN: 156

Total nests counted for PHOWN: 2709

No.SpeciesRecords
779Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver1
780White-browed Sparrow-Weaver21
791Spectacled Weaver7
793Red-headed Weaver2
797Village Weaver54
799Cape Weaver3
800Eastern Golden Weaver5
803Southern Masked Weaver37
804Thick-billed Weaver4
808Southern Red Bishop8
1152Vieillot's Black Weaver1
3730White-headed Buffalo-Weaver3
3806Blue-billed Malimbe1
3878Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver1
3910Ruppell's Weaver4
3934Speke's Weaver1
3952Grey-headed Social Weaver1
3954Black-capped Social Weaver2

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406, Thick-billed Weaver, 2010/11/26, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban [iPithi NR]
407, Spectacled Weaver, 2010/11/26, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban [iPithi NR]
408, Village Weaver, 2010/11/26, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban [iPithi NR]
409, Spectacled Weaver, 2010/11/26, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban [iPithi NR]
410, Spectacled Weaver, 2010/11/27, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
411, Village Weaver, 2010/11/27, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
443, Village Weaver, 2010/12/8, South Africa, Residential suburb - Tara Road
444, Village Weaver, 2010/11/13, South Africa, Farm house garden near Cumberland Nature Reserve
449, Village Weaver, 2010/12/11, South Africa, Small, private nature reserve.
450, Village Weaver, 2010/12/11, South Africa, Residential, small holdings in Drummond.
451, Village Weaver, 2010/12/11, South Africa, Residential, small holdings in Drummond.
452, Village Weaver, 2010/12/11, South Africa, Small holdings, rural in the Drummond-Inchanga area.
464, Village Weaver, 2010/12/23, South Africa, Durban North residential suburb
465, Village Weaver, 2010/12/24, South Africa, Residential suburban at junction of 2 freeways.
467, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/24, South Africa, Rural, farms - ultra-city along freeway.
468, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/24, South Africa, Rural, farms - along freeway.
469, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate
470, Southern Red Bishop, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate
471, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate
472, Thick-billed Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate
473, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate.
474, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Residential, golf estate.
475, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/26, South Africa, Smallholdings, some farming, some used as business premises.
476, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city on N3 freeway to Durban.
477, Southern Red Bishop, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city on N3 freeway to Durban.
478, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland, along N3 freeway Johannesburg to Durban.
479, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
480, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
481, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland, along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
482, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland, ultra-city along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
483, Cape Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farmland, ultra-city along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
484, Village Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
485, Village Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Urban green space along the M7 freeway to the Bluff.
486, Southern Red Bishop, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural farmland, along N3 between Johannesburg and Durban.
487, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural farmland, along N3 between Johannesburg and Durban.
488, Southern Masked Weaver, 2010/12/27, South Africa, Rural farmland, along N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban.
497, Village Weaver, 2011/1/7, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city along N3 freeway between Durban and Harrismith.
498, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/7, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N5 between Harrismith and Senekal.
499, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/7, South Africa, Rural farmland, photo taken from low bridge over a stream very full after the recent rain.
500, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/1/7, South Africa, Rural, farm, near farm house.
501, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/1/7, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
503, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/8, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
504, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/8, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
505, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/8, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
506, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/8, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
507, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/9, South Africa, Rural farmland, ultra-city along N3 freeway towards Durban.
508, Village Weaver, 2011/1/14, South Africa, Residential suburb.
509, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/8, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
510, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/1/9, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
511, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/9, South Africa, Guilford farm, Senekal district.
512, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/1/9, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city along N3 freeway towards Durban.
513, Southern Red Bishop, 2011/1/9, South Africa, Rural, ultra-city along N3 freeway towards Durban.
580, Spectacled Weaver, 2011/2/4, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
581, Village Weaver, 2011/2/10, South Africa, Residential suburb.
583, Village Weaver, 2011/2/10, South Africa, Mixed urban industrial, township, informal settlement.
584, Village Weaver, 2011/2/11, South Africa, Ultra-city along N2 south from Durban to Port Shepstone.
587, Village Weaver, 2011/2/11, South Africa, A stop with restaurant and craft shops along the main road south from Port Shepstone, coastal, residential and holiday residential.
588, Eastern Golden Weaver, 2011/2/11, South Africa, A stop with restaurant and craft shops along the main road south from Port Shepstone, coastal, residential and holiday residential.
589, Eastern Golden Weaver, 2011/2/11, South Africa, A stop with restaurant and craft shops along the main road south from Port Shepstone, coastal, residential and holiday residential.
592, Southern Red Bishop, 2011/2/5, South Africa, Old quarry now being maintained by the local model airplane club for flying their craft. The surrounding area is semi-residential, semi-industrial and very degraded.
593, Village Weaver, 2011/2/11, South Africa, Residential, coastal holiday residential.
594, Village Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Residential holiday development / estate on border of nature reserve.
595, Eastern Golden Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Residential holiday development / estate on border of nature reserve.
596, Spectacled Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Residential holiday development / estate on border of nature reserve.
597, Thick-billed Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Residential holiday development / estate on border of nature reserve.
598, Thick-billed Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Residential, holiday residential, coastal.
599, Eastern Golden Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Rural, coastal at turn off from main road (N2) south to Port Shepstone.
600, Village Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Rural, coastal at turn off from main road (N2) south to Port Shepstone.
601, Spectacled Weaver, 2011/2/12, South Africa, Rural, coastal at turn off from main road (N2) south to Port Shepstone.
627, Village Weaver, 2011/2/17, South Africa, Urban, in the midst of a major intersection of 2 freeways, known colloquially as spaghetti junction.
628, Village Weaver, 2011/2/18, South Africa, Parking area of an urban shopping mall.
629, Village Weaver, 2011/2/18, South Africa, On border between petrol station and high school sports grounds along M7 freeway west.
630, Village Weaver, 2011/2/18, South Africa, Urban industrial park with fever trees planted along road.
631, Village Weaver, 2011/2/18, South Africa, Urban industrial park with fever trees planted along road.
695, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/19, Ethiopia, along a dirt road crossing Melka Jebdhu River below the town of Ankober
696, Ruppell's Weaver, 2011/3/19, Ethiopia, along a dirt road crossing Melka Jebdhu River below the town of Ankober
697, Ruppell's Weaver, 2011/3/19, Ethiopia, along a dirt road crossing Melka Jebdhu River below the town of Ankober
698, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/20, Ethiopia, dirt road from Debre Birhan, through Ankober & Melka Jhebdu to Awash NP
699, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/20, Ethiopia, dirt road from Debre Birhan, through Ankober & Melka Jhebdu to Awash NP
700, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/20, Ethiopia, dirt road from Debre Birhan, through Ankober & Melka Jhebdu to Awash NP
701, Ruppell's Weaver, 2011/3/20, Ethiopia, dirt road from Debre Birhan, through Ankober & Melka Jhebdu to Awash NP
702, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/20, Ethiopia, dirt road from Debre Birhan, through Ankober & Melka Jhebdu to Awash NP
703, Village Weaver, 2011/3/21, Ethiopia, National park but with people grazing cattle and practicing subsistence farming in the park and on the river bank.
704, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, 2011/3/22, Ethiopia, Awash NP along main road from entrance gate to lodge
705, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, 2011/3/22, Ethiopia, Awash NP along main road from entrance gate to lodge
706, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/23, Ethiopia, in front of the main buildings at Bilen Lodge
707, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, 2011/3/23, Ethiopia, in front of the main buildings at Bilen Lodge
708, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/23, Ethiopia, Bilen Lodge compound
709, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/24, Ethiopia, Sabana Resort on the shores of Lake Langano.
710, Ruppell's Weaver, 2011/3/24, Ethiopia, Sabana Resort on shores of Lake Langano.
711, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/3/24, Ethiopia, Rural, densely populated, subsistence farming near Lake Langano.
712, Red-headed Weaver, 2011/3/25, Ethiopia, nearest big town is Shashemene
713, Red-headed Weaver, 2011/3/27, Ethiopia, Rural, remote, highly populated and overgrazed.
714, Black-capped Social Weaver, 2011/3/31, Ethiopia, on the road tavelling towards Negele
715, Grey-headed Social Weaver, 2011/4/1, Ethiopia, just outside the town of Yabello on the way to Dubuluk and eventually Kenia
716, Speke's Weaver, 2011/4/1, Ethiopia, Big rural town.
717, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/1, Ethiopia, Subsistence farming on periphery of big rural town.
718, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, 2011/4/1, Ethiopia, Rural, subsistence farming on periphery of big rural town.
719, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/3, Ethiopia, on the dirt road from Yabello to Arba Minch but closer to Yabello
720, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/3, Ethiopia, on the dirt road from Yabello to Arba Minch but closer to Yabello
721, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/4, Ethiopia, National park near big resort town.
722, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/4, Ethiopia, Hotel grounds in big resort town.
723, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/4, Ethiopia, Hotel grounds in big resort town.
724, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/4, Ethiopia, Hotel grounds in big resort town.
725, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/4, Ethiopia, Hotel grounds in big resort town.
726, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2011/4/6, Ethiopia, Rural, densely populated, subsistence farming.
727, Black-capped Social Weaver, 2011/3/31, Ethiopia, Rural, remote, subsistence farming, mostly livestock.
974, Village Weaver, 2011/5/4, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
975, Village Weaver, 2011/7/6, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
976, Village Weaver, 2011/7/11, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
977, Village Weaver, 2011/7/17, South Africa, Pond in gardens of a nursery in residential area / holiday resort along N2 South not far from Illovo River estuary.
978, Village Weaver, 2011/2/27, South Africa, Residential suburb.
982, Vieillot's Black Weaver, 2010/9/12, Ghana, Rural, subsistence farming, along a dirt road east of the town, nests in a wetland.
983, Village Weaver, 2010/9/12, Ghana, Rural, subsistence farming, along a dirt road east of the town, nests in a wetland.
984, Blue-billed Malimbe, 2010/9/12, Ghana, Rural, subsistence farming, along a dirt road east of the town, nests in a wetland.
1490, Village Weaver, 2011/9/26, South Africa, Urban industrial park with fever trees planted along road.
1491, Village Weaver, 2011/9/10, South Africa, Ultracity along N3 freeway to Pietermaritzburg
1809, Village Weaver, 2011/11/9, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
1810, Village Weaver, 2011/12/18, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
1811, Spectacled Weaver, 2011/12/10, South Africa, Small, urban nature reserve - Pigeon Valley.
1812, Village Weaver, 2011/12/9, South Africa, Near tollgate from King Shaka Airport, Durban, next to the on-ramp to the N2 freeway. Much traffic, sugar cane fields.
1813, Village Weaver, 2012/1/6, South Africa, Residential suburb.
1814, Village Weaver, 2012/1/6, South Africa, Residential suburb.
1815, Village Weaver, 2012/1/6, South Africa, Residential suburb.
1860, Village Weaver, 2011/9/17, South Africa, Mfolozi Private nature reserve, near main camp.
1861, Eastern Golden Weaver, 2011/9/17, South Africa, Bonamanzi Private nature reserve, near main camp.
1862, Village Weaver, 2011/9/19, Swaziland, Hlane National game reserve, at main camp.
1863, Village Weaver, 2011/12/29, South Africa, Shell ultra-city along N3 north from Durban to Johannesburg.
1864, Southern Masked Weaver, 2011/12/31, South Africa, Golfing estate, residential.
1869, Southern Red Bishop, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban surrounded by farmland.
1870, Southern Red Bishop, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, a wet patch among the farmland just off the N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1871, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, a wet patch among the farmland just off the N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1872, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, farmland, along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1873, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1874, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1875, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1876, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Rural, farmland along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1877, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1878, Cape Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 freeway from Johannesburg to Durban.
1879, Village Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 freeway south to Durban.
1880, Village Weaver, 2012/1/1, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 freeway south to Durban.
1881, Village Weaver, 2012/1/12, South Africa, Urban residential suburb.
1883, Village Weaver, 2012/1/20, South Africa, Small nursery between a petrol station and 2 major roads on the outskirts of town.
1884, Cape Weaver, 2012/1/22, South Africa, Rural, farmland in KZN Midlands
1885, Village Weaver, 2012/1/22, South Africa, Rural, farmland in KZN Midlands.
1886, Village Weaver, 2012/1/22, South Africa, Rural, farmland in KZN Midlands.
2546, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, 2012/6/12, South Africa, Farmland and smallholdings.
4747, Village Weaver, 2012/7/12, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban
4751, Village Weaver, 2012/11/25, South Africa, Urban, industrial with residential opposite the road.
4752, Village Weaver, 2012/11/28, South Africa, Ultra-city along N3 going from Durban to Johannesburg.
5119, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/11/29, South Africa, Capricorn toll plaza along N1 between Polokwane and Louis Trichardt.
5120, Village Weaver, 2012/12/12, South Africa, Residential suburb, Durban.
5121, Southern Masked Weaver, 2012/12/2, South Africa, Ultracity just before Villiers, along N3 from Johannesburg to Durban.
5122, Southern Red Bishop, 2012/12/2, South Africa, Ultracity just before Villiers, along N3 from Johannesburg to Durban.
14549, Southern Masked Weaver, 2014/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farms.
14550, Southern Masked Weaver, 2014/12/27, South Africa, Rural, farms.