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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 5674
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2004-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 09:45:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 3359
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		400
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		470
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		19150
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		200
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		6110Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		820
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		370
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3910
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		520
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		270
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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