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    Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

    Limpopo
    Card 504153
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 24392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)
    Start date 2010-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 17:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 892
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One Yellow-billed Duck with 8 chicks; 2 juvenile Fish Eagles; 1 juvenile Black Crake. Grass was flattened in places. In others the grass remained tall. Weather was perfect with a light wind picking up in the afternoon. We noted no large numbers of birds flying in, in the evening. Fixed point photography to follow.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		140
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		360
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		550
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		80
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		580
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2720
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		900
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		290
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		1050
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		70


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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