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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 508087
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:40
    End time 11:31
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1037
    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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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		710
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		990
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		310
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2250
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		970
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		160
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		810
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1330
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30


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    Friday 24 October 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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