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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng

    Card 511924
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1233
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alex Jennings
     
    0Dennis Stonefield
     
    0Dennis Townsend
     
    0Dick Harris
     
    0Johna Turner
     
    0Peter Huggins
     
    0Tony Newell
     
    0Vivien Murray
     
    1369Lester Niss
     
    14228Werner Marc Van Goethem
     
    16965Spike Taylor
     
    20636Sue Cohen
     
    22436Charles Nel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    450
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    120
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1390
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    130
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    1220
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    350
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1420
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1010
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    390
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2710
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    860
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    50
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    840
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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