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    Perseverance Vleis (33502532)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500974
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502532Perseverance Vleis (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 07:50
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 230
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Undercount of birds in the reeds. Year long drought - pans much lower than usual.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1091Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60Possibly Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 10:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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