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    Grootvaly on Blesbok (26162830)

    Gauteng
    Card 592
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26162830Grootvaly on Blesbok (Gauteng)
    Start date 1995-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 556
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		430
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		420
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		570
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		130
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		800
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		120
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		80


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    Friday 24 October 2025 11:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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