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    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng
    Card 500008
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 965
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0M. Hood
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		340
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		710
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		470
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		360Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		890Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		5180
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		310
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 12:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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