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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 502143
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 383
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Blesbokspruit flooded. High water levels have dissipated bird populations. Only 75 percent of the area usually counted could be accessed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40Probably Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20Probably Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		350Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1080
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		190
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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