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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 511621
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-08-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:11
    End time 12:02
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 711
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The count was conducted by car and on foot. A second boat-based count of the main dam was conducted on 5 August but this did not cover Marais Dam which was only counted on 14 August. The incomplete boat-based count will be captured as 'other'. The car and foot count was negatively affected by harsh light (white haze).
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    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		420
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1080Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1190
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		950Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		470
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1530Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		310


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 11:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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