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    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng

    Card 511319
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:11
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 285
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Reed encroachment reducing visibility
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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)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    300
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    410
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    740
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    360
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    14243,
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    160


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    Saturday 19 April 2025 06:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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