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783, Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 19277 [on-line data upload (2016-05-12): 213390] Species Sociable Weaver Observer(s) Underhill LG Country, town, locus South Africa, Northern Cape, Hopetown,
2924CALocality South of Hopetown, along the N12 Latitude, longitude -29.667725, 24.057438 [0 m accuracy] Date 2016/5/11 Notes Recorded two years ago as PHOWN 9908, where it says this is also PHOWN 149. Nest looks tatty and disused. This was almost certainly the southernmost nest along the N12 (as also noted on 4 May 2014) Nest count 0 Nest site man-made
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 149 783 20/2/2009 0 First colony on N12 was at 12km south of Hopetown, and this was the second colony; nest holes not counted 10469 783 15/3/2010 0 9908 783 4/5/2014 0 This appears to be the same nest as http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=PHOWN-149, observed by Dieter Oschadleus on 20 Feb 2009. It appears to have been an active nest then. Now it appears broken and disused. This was (almost certainly) the southernmost nest along the N12 on 4 May 2014. 19277 783 11/5/2016 0 Recorded two years ago as PHOWN 9908, where it says this is also PHOWN 149. Nest looks tatty and disused. This was almost certainly the southernmost nest along the N12 (as also noted on 4 May 2014) 
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