Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Diep River (33501830) | |
|---|---|
Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
| Authority | City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch & Private |
| Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA111 - RIETVLEI WETLAND RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2002-07-19 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA. Natural pan and excavated vleis; water levels very variable; much emergent sedge plus mud and sand. Also sewage ponds with Phragmites and Typha. Bird numbers high; globally significant numbers of Cape Shoveller (highest 1995-96), Kelp Gull (1994 and 1995 winters) and Hartlaub's Gull; nationally significant numbers of African Spoonbill, Yellowbilled Duck (winter 1995), African Black Oystercatcher, and Avocet (summer 1993). Highest counts of grebes, pelicans, cormorants, Darter, Redknobbed Coot and Kelp Gull in winter; of geese, Hartlaub's Gull and Cape Wagtail in summer, when shorebird counts also high. Little Bittern resident; African Rail, Baillon's Crake and Painted Snipe occur. Threats include spread of alien vegetation, especially Paspalum vaginatum, siltation, eutrophication and urbanisation. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 23.17 | 76 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 2.57 | 8 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.45 | 4 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos | 2 | 4.50 | 7 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 13.40 | 67 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 4.91 | 13 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.71 | 3 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 2.67 | 3 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 92 | Goose, African Pygmy | Nettapus auritus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 8.32 | 55 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 1.64 | 3 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 15.62 | 64 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 5.50 | 17 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.73 | 9 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.60 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 14.13 | 102 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 5.40 | 22 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.33 | 12 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.50 | 5 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 7.83 | 61 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 8.80 | 47 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 15.33 | 37 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 1 | 10.50 | 39 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 8.00 | 15 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 9.27 | 23 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 5.17 | 12 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 13.86 | 58 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 0 | 1.75 | 6 |
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