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    Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (32521928)

    Western Cape
    Card 4754
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32521928Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:35:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 858
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		250
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3500
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		680Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		130
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		470


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    Tuesday 04 November 2025 09:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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