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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 5259
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2003-08-07
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:50:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1158
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1720
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		380Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		400Possibly Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		440
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		470
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		440
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5950
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Friday 24 October 2025 06:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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