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    Country Life Retirement Village wetland (26062816)

    Gauteng
    Card 511748
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26062816Country Life Retirement Village wetland (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 159
    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
    0Unknown Unknown
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    16381Dave Bentley
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		91Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		222Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		313Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		112Confirmed Breeding


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    Thursday 04 June 2026 09:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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