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    Country Life Retirement Village wetland (26062816)

    Gauteng
    Card 511660
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26062816Country Life Retirement Village wetland (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 139
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Hatch
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    16381Dave Bentley
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		271Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		263Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		71Confirmed Breeding


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    Friday 17 October 2025 02:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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