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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

    Gauteng
    Card 6733
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2005-07-02
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:43:00
    End time 10:10:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 572
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Extensive areas of the floodplain are flooded with shallow water.This has created apparently habitat for ducks. The wetland is expanding northwards onto the floodplain possibly as a result of increased de-watering of local mines.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		370
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		2560
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		360
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		200
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		40


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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