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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

    Gauteng
    Card 504464
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26192720Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:10
    End time 09:42
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1146
    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 Fire earlier in winter cleared most vegetation from northern shoreline improving visibility, but extensive reed encroachment obscured most of the shoreline and open water to the south.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		340Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		630
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		960
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		330
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		110
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1010
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5270Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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