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    Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (34371948)

    Western Cape
    Card 509267
    Compiler 13317
    Location code 34371948Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-10-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:08
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 217
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		330
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		320
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


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    Thursday 30 October 2025 04:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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