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    Diepsloot Nature Reserve (25572800)

    Gauteng
    Card 502255
    Compiler 1980
    Location code 25572800Diepsloot Nature Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 397
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very wet owing to rains. Fields overgrown with weeds. Swarn of bees encountered on one portion of farm.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		380
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		570
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		690
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1090Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		80
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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