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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

    Gauteng
    Card 511567
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26192720Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 994
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pond on the eastern boundary of the reserve was completely covered by water hyacinth. Most of the reedbed comprising the rest of this count area burned a few weeks prior to the count and the wetland was unusually open.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1651John Randell
     
    1652Moira RANDELL
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		190
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1190
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		390
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1070
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		270
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		290
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1040
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		150
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		810
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		590
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		820
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1200
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 10:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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