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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 3894
    Compiler 614
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2001-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 693
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4140Possibly Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1050Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    259Sandpiper, Green
    (Tringa ochropus)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 09:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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