Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (26212831)

    Gauteng
    Card 7046
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212831Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 610
    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 Reed Encroachment and higher than normal water levels.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		50
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		620
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		470
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    166Harrier, Western Marsh
    (Circus aeruginosus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20Possibly Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1140Probably Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1210
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    265Godwit, Black-tailed
    (Limosa limosa)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		370
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		160
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    982Egret, Slaty
    (Egretta vinaceigula)    		10


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License