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    Rietvlei and Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng
    Card 6798
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei and Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2005-06-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:10:00
    Shoreline covered 98
    Openwater covered 98
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1972
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Marais dam was counted through drifting mist, but this had cleared by the time the main dam was counted.Count is likely to have underestimated number of Red-Knowbbed Coots
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2500
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1220Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1050Possibly Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		990Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		460
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		540Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10590Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 03:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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