Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Dolphin Beach (33501828) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
| Authority | City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch & Private |
| Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA111 - RIETVLEI WETLAND RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2002-07-19 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA. Natural pan and excavated vleis; water levels very variable; much emergent sedge plus mud and sand. Also sewage ponds with Phragmites and Typha. Bird numbers high; globally significant numbers of Cape Shoveller (highest 1995-96), Kelp Gull (1994 and 1995 winters) and Hartlaub's Gull; nationally significant numbers of African Spoonbill, Yellowbilled Duck (winter 1995), African Black Oystercatcher, and Avocet (summer 1993). Highest counts of grebes, pelicans, cormorants, Darter, Redknobbed Coot and Kelp Gull in winter; of geese, Hartlaub's Gull and Cape Wagtail in summer, when shorebird counts also high. Little Bittern resident; African Rail, Baillon's Crake and Painted Snipe occur. Threats include spread of alien vegetation, especially Paspalum vaginatum, siltation, eutrophication and urbanisation. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.83 | 4 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 4 | 81.59 | 191 | |||
| 49 | Cormorant, Bank | Phalacrocorax neglectus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.72 | 17 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.43 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.09 | 7 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 7.00 | 27 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 26.32 | 182 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 3.52 | 10 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 70.00 | 251 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 7.48 | 22 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 3 | 82.69 | 200 | 125 | ||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 6.36 | 45 | |||
| 10010 | Gull, Unidentified | Lanus sp. | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.60 | 5 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.91 | 6 | |||
| 10011 | Heron, Unidentified | Ardea sp. | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 2.91 | 7 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 9.92 | 35 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 14.73 | 56 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 5 | 9.00 | 13 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 3.40 | 7 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 21.29 | 74 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 5.13 | 18 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 3.85 | 8 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 4.92 | 12 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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