Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng
    Card 500324
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 790
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0M. Hood
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		980
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		680
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		780
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Friday 24 October 2025 11:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License