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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (26212831)

    Gauteng
    Card 511120
    Compiler 12647
    Location code 26212831Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 805
    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 are very high
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andy van Dyk
     
    0Charl Pieterse
     
    0Dick Harris
     
    0Johan Janse v Rensburg
     
    0Lisa Pieterse
     
    0Wanda Turner
     
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    22436Charles Nel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		60
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		90
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		620
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		420
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		610
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		500
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1990Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		450
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		710
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		350
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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