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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 512045
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:59
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1353
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Survey done by M. van Skalkwyk,Captued by 1764
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		580
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2640
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		2030
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1800
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1260
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1270
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		780
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1660
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		30


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    Wednesday 18 March 2026 02:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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