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    Suikerbosrand Drainage (26302815)

    Gauteng
    Card 504457
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26302815Suikerbosrand Drainage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 13:13
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 221
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The wetland at Elandsvlakte was excluded from this count due to the danger posed by a nearby run-away fire. Count includes a rope drag for owls at Delvillebos
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		600
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		860
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    360Owl, African Grass
    (Tyto capensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 11:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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