Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (26142829) | |
|---|---|
Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA021 - BLESBOKSPRUIT |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1999-07-25 |
| Brief_description |
| Part of the Blesbokspruit system, with open water, reedbeds and marshy habitat. Supports a wide variety of waterbirds, usually in small to moderate numbers, but the winter 1994 count was relatively high, with maximum counts of Glossy Ibis, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, Yellowbilled Duck and Redbilled Teal. Number of species, total count and total biomass all show a decline during the survey period; winter counts of Greyheaded Gull, Purple Gallinule and several waterfowl are declining, while winter Glossy Ibis numbers crashed after 1994. In contrast, winter numbers of Sacred Ibis are increasing. Egrets, Squacco Heron and Black- crowned Night Heron occur predominantly in summer. Blesbokspruit is severely threatened by discharge of mine water which drastically increases total water volume, maintains artificially high water levels in the dry season, and contains many pollutants, including salt. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 62.21 | 518 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 17.45 | 88 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 157.66 | 840 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.62 | 17 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.93 | 40 | |||
| 199 | Crake, African | Crex egregia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 3.32 | 12 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.44 | 4 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 9.58 | 48 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 8.17 | 23 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 19.23 | 71 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 4.57 | 17 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 6.88 | 30 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 13.43 | 58 | |||
| 205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 9.48 | 32 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 9.23 | 120 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 8.35 | 40 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 21.78 | 246 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 2.30 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.57 | 5 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.27 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.40 | 13 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.81 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 4.11 | 23 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 3.50 | 26 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 2 | 31.09 | 150 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.39 | 12 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 3.31 | 7 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 11.26 | 36 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 21.98 | 118 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.34 | 10 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 6.39 | 30 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.76 | 5 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 4.83 | 22 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 3.57 | 11 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 3 | 64.00 | 180 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 8.76 | 58 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 5.07 | 25 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 14.33 | 131 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 30.60 | 114 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 4.84 | 14 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 18.33 | 68 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 7.22 | 48 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 27.93 | 355 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 5.13 | 26 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 12.91 | 87 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.81 | 11 |
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