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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 507163
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1830
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		390
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		400
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		630
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		3590
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		790
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		510
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1720
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1710
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		600
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		580
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		60
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		230
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		110
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		850
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4080Probably Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		170
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		291Confirmed Breeding
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)    		20


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