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    Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

    Gauteng

    Card 500725
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:12
    End time 09:26
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 511
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes All visible open water counted. Extent of shallow flooded grassland has increased, presumably due to increased water flow through the system and increased reed growth in the main channel which causes backed up waters to decant onto the floodplain.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0W. de Lange
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    80
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    40
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    800
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    110
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    80
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2660
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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