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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (26212831)

    Gauteng
    Card 500715
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212831Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 657
    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
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Hopcroft
     
    0C. Smyth
     
    0D. Holahan
     
    0D. Pugsley
     
    0M. Burrows
     
    0M. Holahan
     
    0M. Mays
     
    0M. Pugsley
     
    0P. van Nierop
     
    0R. Burrows
     
    0R. Hood
     
    0R. Mays
     
    0S. Falconer
     
    0W. Smyth
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		100
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		250
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		370
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		960
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		250Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1240Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1600
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		290
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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