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Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: North Vlei (33511828)
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
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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
255		Calidris alba	22	62.00	102
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.25	2
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	2.00	2
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	2	2.00	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	2	51.68	167
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	2	3.00	5
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	4	4.00	4
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	5.67	16
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	17.76	45
216	Crane, Blue	Grus paradisea	2	2.00	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	12.00	27
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	2.00	2
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	11.63	53
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.50	2
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.50	2
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.50	3
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.20	2
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	3.00	5
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	4	62.00	120
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	30	30.00	30
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	8	89.77	503
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	6.33	21
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	2.00	2
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	5.14	12
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	4.29	11
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	1.00	1
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	10	65.55	148		125
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	2	77.35	574	300	150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.14	2
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.80	3
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.00	7
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.32	13
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	4.81	19
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	2.00	4
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	3.75	12
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	2	2.00	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.50	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.10	6
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	9.13	34
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	40	45.00	50
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	1	11.91	45		24
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	17.17	93
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	7.33	15
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	2.50	4
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	14.94	111
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.00	1
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	19.00	36
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	7.00	19
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	2.50	3
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.83	3
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	6.20	14
300	Tern, Damara	Sternula balaenarum	6	6.00	6
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	10.00	40
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	4.83	9
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	2.00	4
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	2	5.00	8
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	3.67	8
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.33	2
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	32	32.00	32
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	10.48	44

Tuesday 16 April 2024 07:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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