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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 511119
    Compiler 12647
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 57
    Total Count 1966
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Reedbeds very high
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Bev Williams
     
    0Dennis Stonefield
     
    0Dennis Townsend
     
    0Dick Harris
     
    0Heather Darby
     
    0Johna Turner
     
    0Sue Cohen
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    0Vanessa Nakonecnij
     
    0Wei Chery Tan
     
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    13817Penny de Vries
     
    14228Werner van Goethem
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		500
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		430
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		140
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		590
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		370
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		920
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1050
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		320
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		260
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4710Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		600
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2120
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		280
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		290
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		750
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Monday 28 April 2025 09:54
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