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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 507468
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2017-01-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 626
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		710
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		730
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		830
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1350
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		660
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		500
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		80


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 09:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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