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    Suikerbosrand Drainage (26302815)

    Gauteng
    Card 503703
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26302815Suikerbosrand Drainage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 13:05
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 356
    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 Elandsvlakte wetland dragged with a rope; rest of sites counted with binoculars
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		700
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		260
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		400Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		110
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		920Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		570
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		160
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Friday 19 December 2025 02:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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