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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 502609
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2013-01-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:55
    End time 18:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1316
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather conditions were good. The vegetation was very tall, so the majority of birds were counted in flight. 2 x juvenile African Jacanas were in the company of an adult. 2 x Lesser Moorhen were an exciting addition to our list. Additional species noted: 2 x Allen's Gallinule on the Friday evening at Jacana hide; 1 x dead Little Bittern on the barbed wire fence beyond Vogelfontein and 1 x Secretary Bird on a tree in the distance from Kingfisher hide. This was reported to Special Watch. At the request of Nylsvley management we took GPS co-ordinates of Prickly Pears and have reported 4 sightings. No Queen of the Night was noted inside the reserve, but 1 on a neighbouring farm. Campulochlinium macrocephalum (Pompom weed) is evident along the railway line, but not yet in the reserve. Fixed point photographs to be sent under separate email.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		510
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		170
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		640
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		9770
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		400Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:06
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