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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 504139
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 826
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes NB: Eurasian Bittern was recorded by the booming call heard by members of the President Ridge Bird Club. This was the third report of this species from this area during the past month.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1450
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		170
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    71Bittern, Eurasian
    (Botaurus stellaris)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		130
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		170
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		100
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		90
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		750Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2160Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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