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    Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: North Vlei (33511828)

    Western Cape

    Card 511638
    Compiler 23985
    Location code 33511828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: North Vlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 659
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    23985Emihle Polisana
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    100Possibly Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    670
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    110
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    4580
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    300
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    170


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    Monday 15 September 2025 05:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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