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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 511622
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-08-05
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 771
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Data was captured by ADU=613 but the actual count was conducted by MVS and LM. The count at Marais Dam which is usually done together with Rietvlei Dam was only conducted on 14 August. This data was excluded as movement between the two sites is likely to have occurred.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0L. Mills
     
    0M. van Schalkwyk
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		490
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		670
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		780
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		230
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		820
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		970
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1080
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1510
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)    		10


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 11:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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