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    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng
    Card 504134
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 337
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		230
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		160
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		70
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		290
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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