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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 507572
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2019-01-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:25
    End time 18:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1049
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1 x Juvenile African Fish Eagle seen on Friday. We were excited to find 1 x Denham's Bustard at Field and Forest on Saturday afternoon
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Forsyth
     
    0A Hansen
     
    0V Engelbrecht
     
    0V Odendaal
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		8340
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		850
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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