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804, Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 7574 [on-line data upload (2013-12-02): 57637] Species Thick-billed Weaver Observer(s) Zaloumis, Alex Country, town, locus South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit,
2430BDLocality lower dam, Otto, Blyde Latitude, longitude -24.403994444444, 30.810083333333 [0 m accuracy] Date 2013/11/27 Notes Nests first spotted today. Good rainfalls recently. Large adjacent grassland pasture mowed on 2013-11-23. Many grassland birds now seeking refuge in these dense bulrushes. Cannot say whether these birds were nesting elsewhere but are now forced to relocate to bulrush and grass thickets.
Red-billed Quelea, bronze mannikens, purple indigobirds, pin-tailed whydahs, long-tailed paradise whydahs, red-collared & many white winged widowbirds now all seeking refuge in the bulrushes and long, uncut grass around the dams and other fields. Others species maybe still in moult. shall update. Nest count 1 Nest site reed
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 7574 804 27/11/2013 1 Nests first spotted today. Good rainfalls recently. Large adjacent grassland pasture mowed on 2013-11-23. Many grassland birds now seeking refuge in these dense bulrushes. Cannot say whether these birds were nesting elsewhere but are now forced to relocate to bulrush and grass thickets.
Red-billed Quelea, bronze mannikens, purple indigobirds, pin-tailed whydahs, long-tailed paradise whydahs, red-collared & many white winged widowbirds now all seeking refuge in the bulrushes and long, uncut grass around the dams and other fields. Others species maybe still in moult. shall update. 
Vm 7574