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791, Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis (see species summary here)

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	3137 [on-line data upload (2012-10-05): 23124]
Species	Spectacled weavers
Observer(s)	Gerrans, Colin
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Mpumalanga, Komatiepoort , 2531BD
Locality	Ngwenya Lodge
Latitude, longitude	-25.3744, 31.85975 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2012/9/27
Notes	One and a half nests. There was no activity at the site and it appears an attempt was made earlier in the year to build another nest. The site is the same as that of my previous pictures. The nest is a shrub protruding from a high cliff overhanging the Croc River at the Ngwenya Restraunt.
Nest count	2
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
1534	791	2/11/2011	1
2023	791	20/3/2012	1	still only the single nest. All the other information on the previous submission is the same. The nest however appears to be deserted as there was no activity of the weavers in the vicinity.
3137	791	27/9/2012	2	One and a half nests. There was no activity at the site and it appears an attempt was made earlier in the year to build another nest. The site is the same as that of my previous pictures. The nest is a shrub protruding from a high cliff overhanging the Croc River at the Ngwenya Restraunt.
4201	791	9/11/2012	2	The nests at this repeat site appear to have been abandoned. One and a half old nests.

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