Droevlei (33381843) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Tygerberg Bird Club |
| Management status | PRIVATE FARM |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1995-07-16 |
| Brief_description |
| A natural vlei, enlarged by an earth dam wall; there are many adjacent seasonal pans. Counts run from winter 1995. Nationally significant numbers of Egyptian Goose occur in summer, when large numbers of Redbilled Teal, and Kittlitz''s and Blacksmith Plovers, are recorded, plus moderate numbers of White Pelican. Cormorants, Yellowbilled Duck, Cape Shoveller and Redknobbed Coot peak in winter. Good numbers of Knot occur in summer, with moderate numbers of other Palearctic shorebirds. Bank erosion is a severe threat; important threats are pollution by waste from a dairy, and livestock grazing/trampling; there is also some pollution by fertilizers. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.20 | 4 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 6 | 107.21 | 400 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 2.25 | 4 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 23.68 | 102 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 32.81 | 135 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 9.31 | 61 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 6.60 | 28 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 15.81 | 44 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 3 | 23.39 | 156 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.80 | 6 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 14.38 | 107 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 51.13 | 153 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 38.00 | 151 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 6.20 | 15 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 756.58 | 4507 | 3500 | 1750 | 3200 |
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 10.31 | 56 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 8.38 | 64 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.77 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 12.48 | 48 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 12.68 | 107 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.10 | 5 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 13.44 | 81 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 21.50 | 42 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.08 | 28 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 65.05 | 229 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 68.88 | 400 | 300 | ||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 2 | 8.11 | 25 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 65.86 | 339 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 8.76 | 65 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.71 | 5 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 16.54 | 46 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 2.58 | 6 | |||
| 1342 | Shelduck, Common | Tadorna tadorna | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 29.87 | 200 | 175 | ||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.88 | 7 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 17.70 | 57 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 71.24 | 210 | |||
| 897 | Stint, Red-necked | Calidris ruficollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 30.61 | 238 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 33.26 | 191 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 145.80 | 700 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 10 | 30.00 | 50 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 3 | 12.50 | 29 |
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