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    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng
    Card 509456
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2022-02-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 1
    Openwater covered 5
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 206
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The wetland is overgrown with reeds and Solblom meaning almost no water can be observed and no shoreline is not covered with reeds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Dick Harris
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     
    16381Dave Bentley
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		970
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 12:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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