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Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
IBA information	SA021 - BLESBOKSPRUIT
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1993-01-17
Brief_description
An IBA and part of the Blesbokspruit Ramsar site. Has extensive Phragmites and Typha reedbeds, also sedgebeds, wet grass, and open water with floating-leaved vegetation. Good numbers of Glossy Ibis, Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot occur all year; Squacco Heron may be quite common in summer. Hottentot Teal and Spurwinged Goose numbers peak in winter. A good selection of rails occurs, and Spotted Crake is also recorded. Purple Heron, Little Bittern, Grass Owl and Marsh Owl also occur. Increases are apparent in the number of species (summer and winter) and total count (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. The CWAC site known as "Marievale Area A" is the original area that has been counted from 1992 and consists of sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	1	77.67	955
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.00	1
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	15.55	52
71	Bittern, Eurasian	Botaurus stellaris	1	1.00	1
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	3.27	8
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	53	509.79	1366
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	37.05	112
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	9.55	39
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.00	1			-1
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zaporina pusilla	2	2.00	2
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	2	12.34	48
201	Crake, Spotted	Porzana porzana	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.10	21
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	6.64	50
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	26.30	299
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	3.00	9
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	2.67	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	7.00	22
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	2.60	6
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	11.47	70
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	17	139.89	564
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	3.29	26
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	3.06	13
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	6.12	44
982	Egret, Slaty	Egretta vinaceigula	1	1.40	2
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	49.57	245
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	2.33	6
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	25.80	109
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	288.91	1252			600
205	Flufftail, Red-chested	Sarothrura rufa	1	1.53	3
265	Godwit, Black-tailed	Limosa limosa	1	1.50	2
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	31.76	152
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	195.42	2465		1875	710
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	1.00	1
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	7.58	17
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	26.84	113
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.71	8
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	35.56	144
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.90	5
166	Harrier, Western Marsh	Circus aeruginosus	1	1.50	2
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	8.21	19
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	6.43	24
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	4.32	19
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.08	10
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	4.06	12
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	17.00	76
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.42	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	9.21	66
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	53.27	424
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	8.80	66
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	2.42	9
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.50	2
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	3.30	8
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	4.14	14
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	6.37	31
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	3	38.90	284
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	13	84.44	312
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	3.48	16
360	Owl, African Grass	Tyto capensis	1	1.00	1
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	2.59	6
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	2	4.00	6
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	4.23	11
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	9.47	52
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	11.86	129
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	9.73	48
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	7.29	25			-1
926	Sandpiper, Buff-breasted	Calidris subruficollis	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.75	4
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	3.91	12
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	5.07	22
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.53	21
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	15.31	104
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	1	1.00	1
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	24.82	88
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	18.34	128
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	6.10	39
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	13.76	53
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	23.78	148
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	1	1.00	1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	2.75	7
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	17.77	58		50
10007	Swan, Black	Cygnus atratus	2	2.00	2
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	40.27	181
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	6.19	23
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	73.68	426
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	2.00	3
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	29.71	185	150	75	85
938	Tern, White-cheeked	Sterna repressa	3	3.00	3
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	36.03	517
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	7.67	24
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	10.67	82
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	7.67	20

Tuesday 31 December 2024 04:23
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

Gauteng

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