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    Country Life Retirement Village wetland (26062816)

    Gauteng

    Card 511661
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26062816Country Life Retirement Village wetland (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 133
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wetland is busy being rehabilitated by gradual removal of alien reeds
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Hatch
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    16381Dave Bentley
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    70


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    Monday 20 October 2025 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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