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    Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (34371948)

    Western Cape

    Card 511701
    Compiler 18037
    Location code 34371948Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:52
    End time 10:06
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 477
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1070
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    700
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    20


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    Monday 05 January 2026 06:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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