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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 509448
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2022-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:25
    End time 18:10
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2012
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather was hot with no wind. Grass and reeds were high. Most birds were counted in flight. Moorhens taken on call only
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Forsyth
     
    0V Engelbrecht
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1530Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		170
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		700
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    66Bittern, Dwarf
    (Ixobrychus sturmii)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		320
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		710
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		470
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		800
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		310
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		60
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		70
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		9640
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		150


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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