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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 510207
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 697
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1380
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1920
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1220
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1210
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		270
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		10


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 03:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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