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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 3214
    Compiler 889
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2000-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:45:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1493
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1110Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		550Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10640Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110Probably Breeding
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    66Bittern, Dwarf
    (Ixobrychus sturmii)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		50
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		720
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    209Gallinule, Allen's
    (Porphyrio alleni)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		460
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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