Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: North Vlei (33511828) | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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1016 | , Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
255 | , Sanderling | Calidris alba | 22 | 62.00 | 102 | |||
269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 51.68 | 167 | |||
48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 2 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
51 | Cormorant, Crowned | Microcarbo coronatus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 5.67 | 16 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 17.76 | 45 | |||
216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 12.00 | 27 | |||
10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 11.63 | 53 | |||
58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 4 | 62.00 | 120 | |||
87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 8 | 89.77 | 503 | |||
88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 6.33 | 21 | |||
5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 5.14 | 12 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 4.29 | 11 | |||
288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 10 | 65.55 | 148 | 125 | ||
287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 2 | 77.35 | 574 | 300 | 150 | |
167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.14 | 2 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.32 | 13 | |||
57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 4.81 | 19 | |||
83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.75 | 12 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.10 | 6 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 9.13 | 34 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 40 | 45.00 | 50 | |||
69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 11.91 | 45 | 24 | ||
42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 17.17 | 93 | |||
237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 7.33 | 15 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 14.94 | 111 | |||
85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 19.00 | 36 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 7.00 | 19 | |||
97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.83 | 3 | |||
291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 6.20 | 14 | |||
300 | Tern, Damara | Sternula balaenarum | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 10.00 | 40 | |||
296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 4.83 | 9 | |||
10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 2 | 5.00 | 8 | |||
274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 3.67 | 8 | |||
10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 32 | 32.00 | 32 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 10.48 | 44 |