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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 500364
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2009-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 19:12
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1855
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This is the first time I have co-ordinated a CWAC count at Nylsvley. The weather conditions were perfect clear skies and no wind. However, the grasses in the vlei were very long. Birds would appear and then disappear. We counted the 3 hides at Vogelfontein first. By the time we got to Stemmers hide and Jacana hide the day was very hot and there was not much activity. We returned to Kingfisher hide in the late afternoon for the influx of cattle egrets to their roosts. Kindly note that fixed point photographs will follow in a separate email.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Forsyth
     
    0B. Forsyth
     
    0G. Galanakis
     
    0I. Hemmings
     
    0J. Faiola
     
    0K. Abraham
     
    0K. Karaolis
     
    0V. Odendaal
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1090
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		130
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		150
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		230
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		11440
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		170
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		810
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		350
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		830
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		570
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		240
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		760
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    10011Heron, Unidentified
    (Ardea sp.)    		20


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