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Rondevlei Nature Reserve: Block 12 (34041830)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch
Management status	LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
IBA information	SA116 - FALSE BAY PARK (PROPOSED)
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1992-01-16
Brief_description
A nature reserve. Vlei surrounded by low coastal dunes; open water fringed by extensive areas of Typha; much emergent Scirpus littoralis; some marshy patches with sedges/ rushes. Good numbers of Great Crested Grebe, White Pelican, Little Egret, Yellowbilled Egret (summer 1996), Cape Shoveler, Sacred Ibis and Blacksmith Plover recorded irregularly in summer, when peak numbers of most waterbirds occur; however, largest numbers of Grey and Blackheaded Herons, and Blackcrowned Night Heron, recorded in winter. Little Bittern resident; good population of Purple Gallinule; little habitat for small rails and migrant shore- birds. Serious threats include eutrophication and sedimentation, and encroachment of alien vegetation (e.g. Paspalum vaginatum); other threats are pollution by domestic sewage and solid waste, illegal access and disturbance, local development, and inflow of storm water.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	29.29	126	125
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.25	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	17.29	159
49	Cormorant, Bank	Phalacrocorax neglectus	1	1.00	1
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	9.33	17
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	18.48	197
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	13.46	93
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.00	6
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	15.51	275	250
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.50	2
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	24.16	122
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	56.15	255
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	9.82	164
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	37.80	550
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.33	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	5	29.80	41
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	12.67	112
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	3.60	15
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	7	7.00	7
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	4.34	31	25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	6.06	38
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	1.00	1
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	19.22	92
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	11.29	90
10010	Gull, Unidentified	Lanus sp.	100	100.00	100
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.26	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	9.47	156
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	14.96	175
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	3.29	8
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	94.84	930
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	6.94	29
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	3.33	17
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.14	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.56	7
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	4	4.00	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	10.17	46
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	6.66	64
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	13.52	100
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	2	2.00	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	37.21	244
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	27	27.00	27
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	21.33	51
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.88	15
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	8.81	37
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	9	9.00	9
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	2.50	3
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.25	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	5	27.00	52
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	15.18	116
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.25	2
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	12.82	66
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	13.11	60
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	56	313.00	570
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.96	12
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	6.57	22
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	8.47	55
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	5.78	24		20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	22.00	53
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	4	4.00	4
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	200	200.00	200
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	1.00	1
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	3.83	8
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	40.67	100
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	1.40	2

Thursday 07 May 2026 11:50
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Rondevlei Nature Reserve: Block 12 (34041830)

Western Cape

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