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    Wildevoelvlei (34081821)

    Western Cape
    Card 511917
    Compiler 20
    Location code 34081821Wildevoelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1062
    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 Wildevoelvlei Waste Water Treatment Works counted.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marilyn Metcalf
     
    0Priscilla Beeton
     
    671Ann White
     
    1432Anne McLeod
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		180
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		630
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1690
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		3600
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1090
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		720
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 04 March 2026 02:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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