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    Rietspruit (Rooikraal) (26202817)

    Gauteng
    Card 4563
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26202817Rietspruit (Rooikraal) (Gauteng)
    Start date 2002-08-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:30:00
    End time 18:55:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 537
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    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)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		280
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		840
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1061Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1030
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		210


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 01:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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