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    Wildevoelvlei (34081821)

    Western Cape

    Card 511749
    Compiler 20
    Location code 34081821Wildevoelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 554
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wildevoelvlei Waste Water Treatment Works counted
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marilyn Metcalf
     
    1432Anne McLeod
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    900
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    980
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    820
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    180
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    400
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    10


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    Monday 19 January 2026 03:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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