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    Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (34371948)

    Western Cape
    Card 510953
    Compiler 18037
    Location code 34371948Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-10-25
    Season OOther
    Start time 05:41
    End time 09:36
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 455
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		690
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		360
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		151Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		60
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		50
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		102Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		151Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		21Probably Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		262Confirmed Breeding
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		240
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		40


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 11:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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