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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 500343
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1696
    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
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Ellis
     
    0C. Carshagen
     
    0L. Muller
     
    0M. van Schalkwyk
     
    0R. Marais
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		750
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1590
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		830
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		760
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1320
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1050
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1000
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		700
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6440
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 02:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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