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    Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Combined (33521830)

    Western Cape
    Card 2159
    Compiler 21
    Location code 33521830Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Combined (Western Cape)
    Start date 1995-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:20:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 61
    Total Count 6753
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		630
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		350
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		240
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		530
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		230
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5490
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		3560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		960
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		650
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		840
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		350
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1930
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		190
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1000
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		4340
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		3840
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2480
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		15010
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		400
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		6370
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		2000
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		290
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		880
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1600
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5670
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		300
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		4830
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		700


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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