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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

    Gauteng
    Card 500723
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26192720Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 08:55
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 456
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes All visible open water was counted, but tall grass and extensive reed growth screened certain patches of water that were counted in previous years.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Matabane
     
    0J. Randell
     
    0M. Randell
     
    0S. West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		380
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		80
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		490
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		620
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1350
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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