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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 508159
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2020-01-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:40
    End time 17:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 224
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The day was cool and mostly overcast with no wind. It made for very pleasant counting conditions. There had been rain the previous day, but no flowing water. Both Stemmer's and Jacana hides were dry
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Forsyth
     
    0M Wood
     
    0S Waywell
     
    0V Engelbrecht
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		930
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		80
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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