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De Hoop Vlei (34262023)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Cape Nature
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA119 - DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE
Ramsar information ZA001 - De Hoop Vlei
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Date_registered
1992-01-20
Brief_description
An IBA and Ramsar site. Coastal lake at mouth of seasonal Sout River; inflow only during winter; salinity fluctuates widely. Sandy and muddy substrates; extensive submergents but little marginal vegetation; Phragmites, Typha and sedges at springs and along river. Globally and nationally significant numbers of several waterbirds; maximum counts of which exceed those recorded in survey period and include 1473 Greater and 1715 Lesser Flamingo, 4626 Yellowbilled Duck and 3004 Cape Shoveller (both breed), 2166 Egyptian Goose and 24400 Redknobbed Coot. Large counts of shorebirds and terns in summer. Reeds/ sedges also hold Redchested Flufftail, African Rail and Black Crake. Threats include sedimentation, eutrophication, livestock damage (upper reaches), and pollution (pesticides and fertilizers).

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
896Calidris alpina11.001
256Calidris pugnax147.90190  
72Scopus umbretta12.077   
255Calidris alba20149.25316   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta1114.11887250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata83010.86122735000250010000
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis218.5076   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1520.3323   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus1169.801206   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus1181.18749  130
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea13.208   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa140.64380 250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa8181.0081   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa123.65132  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.328.0090
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus110.4229   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata25.338   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata4332.68180317008501000
58Egret, GreatArdea alba15.8331   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia111.1649   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta136.85259   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis131.00110   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha66.006   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.4112
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1323.9423011250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1171.611786  600
207Flufftail, StripedSarothrura affinis11.001
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica13.6010   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca41149.336117350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1209.002080 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis151.25381250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus1186.085585025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis2205.82971500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia123.88122   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus17.6924   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii116.3688   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus130.90176 150 
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.1111.0011
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus14.009
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.0614   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea025.43124   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.863   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus142.68502   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus119.4294   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.3311   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.884
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.172
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.424
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus119.54237   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.8213   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax17.8158   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus1212.0012   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus22.002
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus1102.37435  300
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus66.006   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula119.62140   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola19.0045   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius17.1167   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.3021   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus111.0038   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma273.16320 250 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.808  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1131.401048  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis146.00204   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus1212.0012 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.5013   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana189.09730420210500
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii3506.102001350175350
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.677   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba132.8021815075 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus1120.95517 500 
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1217.29700   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis33.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.716  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota116.0080   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis264.75309   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha137.31540   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia118.94127 6820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo6076.0097   
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum7272.0072 65 
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii141.25160   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1011.5013   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A44.004
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1179.115411507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus161.13316   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus14.6710   
0Unknown, UnknownUnknown Unknown55.005
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A3902.306364
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.1729
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus66.006   
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