Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: South Vlei (33521828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506990
    Compiler 18758
    Location code 33521828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: South Vlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-03-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 13:30
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 1182
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather 24 Degrees Celsius, with a wind spedd of approximately 25Km/H. R72 road runs next to a section of the South Vlei. There was very little human disturbance, beside the road.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		1500Possibly Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5200Probably Breeding
    93Shoveler, Northern
    (Anas clypeata)    		20Possibly Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30Possibly Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		950Probably Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		540Possibly Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		90Possibly Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1930Possibly Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		680Possibly Breeding
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		340Possibly Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		410Possibly Breeding


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 10 January 2026 02:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License