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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 502180
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2251
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		6630
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4430
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1760
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    199Crake, African
    (Crex egregia)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1610
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3090
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		20


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 02:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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