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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

    Gauteng
    Card 502156
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:10
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 557
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very overcast. Reeds obscured large pond of open water and undercount of particularly ducks and geese expected.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		990
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		430
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		280
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		600Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		340
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		170


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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