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    Country Life Retirement Village wetland (26062816)

    Gauteng
    Card 512458
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26062816Country Life Retirement Village wetland (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 08:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 237
    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
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    16381Dave Bentley
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		292Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		670Probably Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		261Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		505Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		202Confirmed Breeding


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    Sunday 26 July 2026 12:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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