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    Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)

    Gauteng
    Card 4109
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 25592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2001-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 2879
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1080
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		350
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		6000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		590
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5690
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		260
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		620
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		60
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		230
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		11250Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		940
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Thursday 22 January 2026 03:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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