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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng

    Card 509234
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 394
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No roost count was done as in the previous years. it has been discontinued due to inaccessibility.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    220
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    920
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    830
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    21Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    380
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    120
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    120
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)
    90


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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