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    Voelvlei (34162149)

    Western Cape
    Card 503018
    Compiler 2179
    Location code 34162149Voelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-21
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 8189
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Inlet section done to telephone poles. Difficult to count further as birds are chased upstream as one advances. Voelvlei in the process drying up in patches with lot of aquatic vegetation on the surface. Difficult to count birds in opposite shore. All observations done from the northern shore of Voelvlei
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		440
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		660
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		190
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		630
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		370
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		200
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		6420Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		5340Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3410Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1290Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1810
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		2530
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		27850Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		2990
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		2980
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		550
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		5630
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		6870
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		550
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1000
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		1020


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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