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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

    Gauteng
    Card 511959
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:47
    End time 12:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1213
    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
    0Eunice Shirinda
     
    0Sello Mashiloane
     
    1651John Randell
     
    1652Moira RANDELL
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		540
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		330
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1970
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		100
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		70
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3090
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3320
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		580
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		530
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 03 March 2026 12:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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