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    Grootvaly on Blesbok (26162830)

    Gauteng

    Card 511128
    Compiler 12647
    Location code 26162830Grootvaly on Blesbok (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 334
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Black Sparrowhawk flying around disturbing the birds
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    400
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    1870
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    180
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    90
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    150
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Saturday 19 April 2025 06:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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