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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 500829
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2498
    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
    0J. Haremse
     
    0L. Muller
     
    0M. van Schrilkwyk
     
    0W. van Staden
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		470
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		450
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		330
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		370
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		13400
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    71Bittern, Eurasian
    (Botaurus stellaris)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4350
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		850
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		320
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3080
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		600
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 03:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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