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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng

    Card 511536
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 1675
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Debbie Jones
     
    0Dennis Townsend
     
    0Derek Hatch
     
    0Jean Biart
     
    0John Helsdon
     
    0Johna Turner
     
    0Peter Snow
     
    0Sharon Johnson
     
    0Shirley Helsdon
     
    0Sue Cohen
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    1369Lester Niss
     
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    16965Spike Taylor
     
    20636Dennis Stonefield
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    80
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    420
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2010
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    4690
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    370
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    880
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    680
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    190
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    230
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    990
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1850
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    290
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    880
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    720
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    280
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    400
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    10


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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