Email:  CS/ADU no:  Password:   
  Forgot/Reset password

    Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (34371948)

    Western Cape
    Card 511064
    Compiler 18037
    Location code 34371948Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:33
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1312
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 7Excessive livestock trampling/grazing
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		5230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5050
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		50
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		72Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		491Confirmed Breeding
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    10011Heron, Unidentified
    (Ardea sp.)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		40


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International https://www.sanbi.org/

    Monday 30 March 2026 04:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License