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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 6201
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2005-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 16:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 484
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		90
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1460
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		410
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		720
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		210
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		130
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    209Gallinule, Allen's
    (Porphyrio alleni)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		542Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		70
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 08:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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