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    Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829)

    Gauteng

    Card 7044
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 86
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Serious reed encroachment and higher than normal water levels.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    110Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    240
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Saturday 20 April 2024 01:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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