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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

    Gauteng
    Card 500406
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26192720Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:25
    End time 09:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 820
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Encroachment of reeds along the shore of the wetland obscured a large area of normally open water at the western end of this site. Recent fire has removed tall terrestrial vegetation and reeds along both the northern and southern shores and thereby increased visibility of open water.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Whittington-Jones
     
    0J. Randell
     
    0M. Randell
     
    0R. Koko
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		550
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		190
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		170
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		390
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		70
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		940
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		530
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		250
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		70
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		260
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		660
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		30


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