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    Galeshewe Vlei (28382440)

    Northern Cape
    Card 512317
    Compiler 73
    Location code 28382440Galeshewe Vlei (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:15
    End time 08:05
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 79
    Total Species 0
    Total Count 0
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes From vehicle and land-based with scope and binoculars Sewage still running alongside R31 towards Barkley road turnoff
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		440
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		310
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		100
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		490
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		520
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1040
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2460
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		380
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		4400
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20


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    Saturday 16 May 2026 11:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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