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    Grootvaly on Blesbok (26162830)

    Gauteng
    Card 8348
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26162830Grootvaly on Blesbok (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 229
    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 None
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		190
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		170
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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