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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

    Gauteng
    Card 508096
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-02-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:05
    End time 09:12
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 696
    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
    Notes Are large reedbed screens part of the open water. The proportion of open water counted is therefore a rough estimate.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Christo Venter
     
    0Stephan Veldsman
     
    2046Willem DE LANGE
     
    3008Ian Davidson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		470
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		920
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		150
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		230
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1940
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1230
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		420
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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