CWAC: Coordinated Waterbird Counts

Newsletter 15 — December 1999

Dear CWACers,

The end of the year is fast approaching and the dawn of the 21st century is upon us and, yip, you guessed it, it is nearly CWAC time again. Let's take a look at what has happened since the last winter count . . .

Winter 1999 census

This was the 16th count since the project started and has proven to be one of the most successful counts to date. A record total of 324 034 birds was recorded from 237 sites which is up on the Summer 99 count by nearly 20 000 birds. This has been largely due to an increased observer effort resulting in 24 new sites being registered. The new sites include seven from Mpumalanga (Eilandsmeer 4, Oranje Pan, Kanhym Pan 1, Kanhym Pan 2, Kanhym Pan 3, Kwena Dam and Lakenvlei East), six from the Western Cape (Potgieter Dam, Kamannasie Dam, Oudtshoorn Sewage Works, Palmiet River Mouth, Parkwood Vlei and Verkeerdevlei), four from Gauteng (Grootvaly Wetland Reserve, Anglo Reserve, Bonaero Park Pan and Elandsvlei), three from the Northern Cape (Hopetown Sewage Works, Nuwejaarsfontein Farm Dam and De Aar Sewage Works), two from the Free State (Skoonspruit Pan and Olive Hills Farm Dam), and two from KwaZulu-Natal (Scafell Farm Dam and Waterford Farm Dams). A big thank you to these compilers for going that extra mile (literally!) and improving CWAC’s coverage.

Highlights include results obtained from Barberspan in the North West Province and one of the new sites, Bonaero Park Pan in Gauteng; both have contributed significantly to the high national total. Barberspan recorded just over 22 000 waterbirds, with Redknobbed Coots making up a staggering 71% (15 628 birds) of the total count, and Egyptian Goose making up 8% (2431 birds). Our records show that this has been the highest total recorded at Barberspan since the site was registered with the project; the previous highest total was 16 568 in January 1995. Thanks to André Vosloo’s team at Potchestroom University and members of the Wesvaal Bird Club for covering this large and important site. We have also recently learned that the North West Parks and Tourism Board are planning to re-open the waterbird ringing station at the pan. This station, which has stood dormant for nearly 10 years, was used extensively during the 1960s–80s as part of an ongoing waterbird monitoring programme during which tens of thousands of waterbirds, notably ducks and coots, were ringed. Its reopening could signal a tremendous boost for the gathering of waterbird information which could help unravel some of the questions about waterbird movements in southern Africa.

The Bonaero Park Pan count has indicated that this could be an important breeding site for Greyheaded Gull. Of the 4625 birds counted at the pan, the gulls made up 87% (4055 birds), comprising 2935 adults and 1120 immature birds; the immatures ranged from nestlings to juveniles. The pan is less than 30 hectares in extent and is situated within an urban area, surrounded on three sides by residential housing and a main road on the other. The pan was partially full and it was evident that the receding water levels during the dry season had exposed a large expanse of barren shoreline providing excellent nesting substrate for the gulls. It seems probable that the gulls have used this pan previously for breeding purposes and hopefully CWAC will be able to keep track of future breeding. Other species which were also recorded are Greater Flamingo (150), Moorhen (50) and Cape Shoveller (24), one pair with four chicks.

This site also forms part of a study by Albert Froneman of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), who is working in partnership with the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA), to investigate and minimise bird strikes at major airports around South Africa. The Bonaero Park Pan, together with another CWAC site, Rolfe’s Pan, are strategically situated in relation to the flight paths of aircraft taking off and landing at Johannesburg International Airport; both wetlands are within a kilometre of the runways, Bonaero Park Pan lying to the north and Rolfe’s Pan to the south. With the pans being within easy flying distance of each other and with numerous species (including ibises, egrets and herons) feeding on the grassy/wetland areas on the airfield, Albert is interested to see whether bird movements between the pans and the airfield are influencing bird strikes at the airport. Gulls are a major problem at many European and American airports and although there is limited information at present, Greyheaded Gulls have been known to cause problems at Johannesburg International, but to what extent is uncertain; perhaps CWAC data will help us understand the situation better. If any Gauteng birders know of any other wetlands which could possibly also play a role in waterbird movements in and around the airport, please contact the ADU or Albert at (011) 486-1102 or e-mail acsabirds@ewt.org.za.

Looking at the winter counts from the last three years (Fig. 1), we can see that most provinces are generally maintaining or increasing their effort. For most provinces an increase in the number of sites has resulted in an increase in the number of waterbirds counted, Mpumalanga showing the sharpest increase from 1997 to 1998. The graphs also show the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State having improving results. Conversely, the North West and Northern Provinces show relatively poor coverage and overall counts, the sharp increase for the North West in 1999 being due mainly to the high count recorded at Barberspan (see above). There is room for improvement in these areas. We appeal to all northern bird clubs and CWACers to try, where possible, to identify additional waterbird-rich wetlands and to get involved with monitoring these sites. The more sites that are counted on a long-term basis, the clearer the picture of waterbird population sizes and distribution becomes, allowing better conservation strategies to be implemented. An area of concern is the drop in the number of sites and apparent irregularity of counts in KwaZulu-Natal. In the Eastern Cape the relatively low numbers of waterbirds is due to a limited number of sites concentrated mainly along the southern coastline. Although these are monitored regularly and the number of waterbirds and sites have increased, there is a need for greater inland coverage in the Eastern Cape.

TOTAL CWAC Report

The report, a first for a long-term waterbird monitoring project in Africa, was published in September and has been snapped up by most CWACers at the pre-publication price. We have received positive comments about the report and hope that it will not only highlight the importance of our wetlands for waterbird conservation but also the need for further waterbird monitoring in South Africa. At a recent African Waterfowl Census meeting in Madagascar, Doug Harebottle made a presentation to delegates from other African countries about the results and significance of the report and all were impressed with it. To all compilers and observers, the ADU would like to say Well done!! – it is your effort and commitment which made the report possible. For those who don’t yet have a copy, they are available from the ADU at R60 – this is a saving of nearly 50% off the normal retail price. Please note, however, that this offer is for bona fide CWACers only. Please contact Sue Kieswetter (021) 650-2423 or e-mail suek@adu.uct.ac.za to place your order.

CWAC and the new MILLENNIUM

The past eight years have seen CWAC change very little. From January 2000, a couple of changes will be implemented; these are based on recommendations in the CWAC Report, recent African Waterfowl Census form updates, and feedback received from compilers.

The first major change is the creation of two new forms, a Site Description Form (SDF) and a Census Form (CF); both are included with this newsletter. The SDF was created to help compilers and observers gather more data on the wetland itself, and to focus on habitat. The form deals with information specific to the site, as opposed to the birds, and its design is based on Ramsar guidelines. The information obtained will help us get an overall picture of a wetland’s habitats and their condition and conservation status. This information can be used in drawing up conservation proposals, management plans and motivations for the protection of wetlands under threat.

Although some of the site information has been submitted previously, there are some new items on the SDF and therefore we would like to encourage all compilers to complete SDFs for their sites, so that we can have a complete and up to date record for each site, and can enter this into our new, improved database system. Some of the information may look daunting, but please do not feel threatened by it – all we ask is that you complete the form as thoroughly as you can. The form is divided into two sections: Section A which deals with priority information and Section B which covers any additional information. Section A is the minimum amount of information needed to register and/or update a site on our database system – please submit this information together with your census form after the summer Jan/Feb 2000 count, or as soon as possible thereafter. Section B requires more detailed information and may take longer to compile. In this regard, please take as much time as you need up to a maximum of six months. Section B should therefore be submitted before 30 September 2000 for all currently registered sites. Your help in gathering this site information will be greatly appreciated.

The good news is that SDFs need be completed only once, with updates every 2–3 years, or when you, the Compiler, feel that an update is needed. Attached you will find ‘CWAC Information Sheet #8 – Guidelines for the completion of the Site Description Form’ which you should read carefully before completing the form. Don’t forget to keep copies of completed SDFs for yourself, and we suggest that you make a few photocopies of the blank form so that you can use these whenever a new site is to be registered.

The Census Form (CF), on the other hand, has been modified to record only what is necessary for the counts; other information has been incorporated into the SDF. The changes to the form include moving the office use only section to the front page, the inclusion of ADU Observer Code and Fixed Point Photography fields. Major changes are the removal of the ‘present only’ species list, and the inclusion of breeding information. The ‘present only’ species were removed because they had little relevance to CWAC and the data were not being used in any meaningful way. Breeding information, on the other hand, is seen as essential to an understanding of the importance and ecological function of a site. Simple, easy-to-use breeding status codes are used to record breeding information; the codes are the same as for BIRP (Birds In Reserves Project).

To accommodate the breeding codes, an extra block has been added in front of the count blocks for each species, into which a breeding status code should be written for those species observed or suspected to be breeding. Please read carefully ‘CWAC Information Sheet #9 – Guidelines for the completion of the Census Form’ before the January count, especially the section describing the use of breeding status codes, and additional breeding information.

Please note that counting the waterbirds remains the most important activity on a CWAC count. Breeding information should be recorded as and when observed, but should not require great amounts of additional effort or deviation from established methods of counting. Please do not spend hours trying to identify every possible breeding pair or search out every nest. For those species where a more or less accurate count of nests or pairs is possible (e.g. at heronries and colonies) we encourage you to fill in the Additional Breeding Information block on the back of the census form.

We hope that you will find the new forms interesting and easy to use. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions concerning the new forms, please contact us. The forms will only be meaningful if you, the Compiler, can use them effectively.

CWACNET

For those of you who may not be aware, we have started an electronic CWAC News and Information Forum (called CWACNET). Since more and more compilers are acquiring e-mail and Internet access, we decided it would be a good idea to start an electronic communication forum between the ADU and all ‘on-line’ CWAC compilers. The forum would take the form of regular feedback to compilers about specific newsworthy items or information concerning CWAC. Being a one-to-one link, you the compiler also have the opportunity to respond or comment about issues raised or problems you are encountering, etc. Initial feedback from compilers, after an introductory message was sent out in late August, has been positive, indicating that such a forum may prove useful in making CWAC a more user-friendly project in the future.

If you would like to be a part of CWACNET, please send an e-mail to Doug Harebottle (doug@adu.uct.ac.za).

Sites on farms

CWAC has collected few data on waterbird numbers on farm dams/wetlands and these may be playing a more important role than we think. In order to understand how these wetlands could influence waterbird abundance and distribution, more long-term data is needed and this means that more sites need to be identified, registered and counted. So, if you know of a site or you have friends who are farmers/landowners and who would be willing to start CWACing their wetlands, we would like to encourage you to conduct a ‘recce’ or pilot count and submit the results to the ADU for consideration. As a rough guideline, if you record more than 500 waterbirds, the site qualifies for registration and we would encourage you to count regularly at that site. Data for sites with less than 500 individuals should still be submitted because we would like to enter the count into our database, but we would probably not advise regular counts. Exceptions to this rule would be sites which hold breeding pairs of rare species, or sites which are stretches of river, a type of site we need more of but which seldom holds large numbers of waterbirds. Don’t forget that an SDF should be completed and submitted together with the first count. If you do not have spare SDFs, please include the name of the site, coordinates of the centre point of the wetland, and a map of the wetland(s) counted, together with your census results – this information will help us to register the site promptly.

Dry wetlands

We would like to remind all compilers that even though a wetland may be dry with no waterbirds present, this still constitutes a count and a census form should still be completed and returned, otherwise it will be assumed that the site was not visited during the census period. Although a count of zero may seem insignificant and unimportant, such results can help identify sites which, although filled or inundated only seasonally or intermittently, may be important for certain waterbirds, particularly those species occurring in the arid regions. On the other hand, if a site was not visited at all, a census form should not be completed, but we would appreciate it if you could let us know that the site was not censused; this will help us avoid having to make unnecessary follow-up calls at a later stage. Summer 2000 count

Just a reminder that the timing of the summer count is any time between the middle of January (15th) and the middle of February (14th), with the preferred date being the last Sunday in January or as close to that day as possible. Just think – one of the first things that you will be doing at the start of the new millennium will be a CWAC count! What a great way to get the 21st century underway.

Finally, we would like to wish all CWACers the very best over the coming festive season and hope that you will all have a wonderful Christmas, a bug-free Y2K, and lots of exciting waterbirds! Doug Harebottle and James Harrison
Project Coordinator and Project Manager

EASTERN CAPE
	Compiler	No. birds
Bar None Saltpans	Paul Martin	460
Cape Recife Reclam. Wks	Paul Martin	271
Chatty Saltpans	Paul Martin	3664
Gamtoos River Mouth	Chuck Cook	796
Gamtoos River (6 km up)	Chuck Cook	794
Ghio Pans	Tony Tree	87
Great Fish River	Tony Tree	290
Kabeljous River	Chuck Cook	594
Kowie Estuary	Tony Tree	126
Kromrivier Mouth	Chuck Cook	1256
Mondplaas Ponds	Chuck Cook	1013
Queenstown Sewage Works	Kate Webster	517
Redhouse Saltpan	Paul Martin	1154
Riet River Mouth	Tony Tree	110
Seekoeirivier	Chuck Cook	615
Soutvlei	Chuck Cook	662
Swartkops Estuary	Paul Martin	1963
TOTAL		14372

NORTHERN CAPE
	Compiler	No. birds
Bosduiwekop Dam	Jannie Venter	0
Dampoort Dam	Mark Anderson	218
Danielskuil Pan & Dams	Mark Anderson	0
De Aar Sewage Works	Mark Anderson	54
Du Toits Pan	Mark Anderson	270
Espagsdrift Vlei	Mark Anderson	552
Faugh A Ballagh	Jannie Venter	143
Ganspan B	Mark Anderson	1897
Ganspan Nedersetting Dam	Mark Anderson	0
Ganspan A	Mark Anderson	279
Great Pan	Mark Anderson	0
Grootdam – Rooipoort	Mark Anderson	3
Hanskopfontein	Mark Anderson	0
Hopetown Sewage Works	Ronelle Visagie	110
Kafferspoortdam	Francois Taljaard	0
Kamfersdam	Mark Anderson	23687
Kriegerspoort	Jannie Venter	48
Nantwich Saltpan	Mark Anderson	11
Nooitgedacht	Mark Anderson	224
Nuwejaarsfontein Farm Dam	Mark Anderson	26
Orange River: Mouth – Bridge	Mark Anderson*	5244
Orange River: Bridge – Hohenfels	Mark Anderson*	395
Orange River: Hohenfels – Skilpadberg	Mark Anderson*	321
Platfontein Pans & Dam	Mark Anderson	0
Rooipan	Mark Anderson	0
Sakrivierspoort	Japie Claassen	192
Soutpan	Mark Anderson	0
So Ver Myn Dam	Mark Anderson	1089
Spitskop Dam	Mark Anderson	15677
Springbok Sewage Works	Enrico Oosthuysen	208
Strydenburgdam	Mark Anderson	0
Vaalharts Weir	Mark Anderson	1821
Volstruispan	Mark Anderson	0
Wortelfontein Dam	Francois Taljaard	115
TOTAL		52584

* the ADU would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people during these counts: Corné Anderson, Holger Kolberg, John Dini and Patrick Lane.

WESTERN CAPE
	Compiler	No. birds
Berg 1: Mouth & Estuary	James Harrison	3166
Berg 2: Cerebos Saltpans	Doug Harebottle	2514
Berg 3: Hotel Mudflat & Estuary	Keith Harrison	1313
Berg 4: Hotel Saltpans	Rob Machin	2459
Berg 5: De Plaat	Gordon Scholtz	1313
Berg 6: Kliphoek Saltpans	Rob Satchel	1406
Berg 7: Kliphoek River & Floodplain	Rob Satchel	115
Berg 8: Kruispad Floodplain	Sylvia Ledgard	130
Berg 10: Kersefontein Floodplain	Warwick Board	220
Berg 11: Doornfontein Floodplain	Elsje van der Linde	216
Berg 12: Melkplaas Floodplain	Elsje van der Linde	497
Subtotal: Berg River System		13349
Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary	Japie Claassen	446
Bitou River	EB Denman	158
Botriviervlei	Mariana Delport	9363
Breede River Mouth	WB Fourie	937
Bulshoek Dam	Brian Herman	200
De Hoop Vlei	WB Fourie	6690
De Mond (Heuningnes)	PK Albertyn	135
Dick Dent Bird Sanc.	Gavin Lamont	182
Droëvlei	Mariana Delport	566
Goukamma River Mouth	JC Conradie	164
Groenvlei	JC Conradie	1453
Jakkalsvlei	Kevin Shaw	134
Kamannasie Dam	Ian Mileham	105
Keurbooms Estuary	EB Denman	672
Klavervlei	Gavin Lamont	151
Kleinmond Estuary	Mariana Delport	437
Knysna Lagoon	Joy von Korff	2230
Knysna Sewage Works	Joy von Korff	542
Langebaan Beach	Graham Avery	1309
Langebaan Lagoon	Les Underhill	9182
Leeu Gamka Dam	Japie Claassen	307
Modderriver Mouth	Mel Tripp	325
Nature's Valley & Salt River	Joy von Korff	46
Noord Agter Paarl Irrigation Dam	Yvonne Weiss	151
Olifants River Mouth (South)	Kevin Shaw	1159
Oudtshoorn Sewage Works	Ian Mileham	71
Paardevlei (AECI)	Gavin Lamont	531
Paarl Bird Sanctuary	Yvonne Weiss	1759
Palmiet River Mouth	Les Underhill	116
Parkwood Vlei	Doug Harebottle	44
Potgieter Dam	Ian Mileham	127
Radyn Dam	Kevin Shaw	198
Rocher Pan	Kevin Shaw	736
Rondevlei	Dalton Gibbs	1795
Slangfontein Dam	Japie Claassen	0
Soutpan	WB Fourie	280
Springfontein Dam	Japie Claassen	215
Steenbras Dam	Gavin Lamont	208
Strandfontein Sewage Works	Mike McCarthy	7203
Swartkop se Dam	Helm van Zijl	7
Theewaterskloof Dam	Gerry Jooste	2885
Verkeerdevlei	Helm van Zijl	0
Verlorenvlei	Kevin Shaw	2405
Vermont Soutpan	John Davies	150
Voëlvlei	Mick Kileen	0
Wadrift Salt Pan	Kevin Shaw	30
Wellington Waste Water Wks	JJ Rousseau	527
Wilderness Lakes – Swartvlei System	Ian Russell	16976
Wilderness Lakes – Touw System	Ian Russell	10642
Wildevoëlvlei	Eric Barnes	852
Zandvlei	Brian Herman	693
TOTAL		98843

KWAZULU-NATAL
	Compiler	No. birds
Albert Falls Dam	SF Bennet	678
Chelmsford Dam	Ken Gordon	1595
Harding Dam	Andrew Pickles	232
Hlatikulu Vlei	Helena Wilkens	2269
Lake Eteza	Caroline Fox	138
Lake Mfutululu	Caroline Fox	170
Lake St Lucia	Caroline Fox	6059
Malandeni Sewage Works	Ken Gordon	1884
Mandini Sewage Works	Caroline Fox	43
Mavuya Pan	Caroline Fox	1002
Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon	Iain Kerr	701
Mfazana Pans	Caroline Fox	293
Mhlazi Pan	Lorraine Booth	4
Midmar Dam	Jane Irvine	853
Ndlebeni Pan	Lorraine Booth	12
Neshe Pan	Lorraine Booth	1062
Nhlonhlela Pan	Lorraine Booth	434
Northern Treatment Works	Richard Boon	877
Nsumu Pan	Lorraine Booth	896
Pongolapoort Dam	Lorraine Booth	2561
Reichenau Mission Dam	Brian Murray	1041
Richards Bay	Peter Outhwaite	546
Scafell Farm Dam	P Chadwick	167
Sodwana Bay to Cape Vidal	Caroline Fox	304
Spioenkop Dam	Ken Gordon	484
St Lucia Sewage Works	Caroline Fox	40
Sundumbili Sewage Works	Caroline Fox	119
Thulasihleka Pan	Peter Outhwaite	802
Tshanetshe Pan	Lorraine Booth	20
Umhlanga Treatment Works	Richard Boon	39
Umvoti River Estuary	Shirley Jex	436
Waterford Farm Dams	P Chadwick	427
Watermead Dam	Brian Murray	807
Yengweni Lake	Lorraine Booth	1395
TOTAL		28390

FREE STATE
	Compiler	No. birds
Allemanskraal Dam	Brian Colahan	5137
Benfontein Dam	Brian Colahan	0
Benfontein Pan	Brian Colahan	0
Bloemhof Dam	Brian Colahan	13548
Erfenis Dam	Brian Colahan	6190
Gariep Dam (East)	Brian Colahan	872
Gariep Dam (West)	Brian Colahan	1842
Kalkfontein Dam	Brian Colahan	2114
Knellpoort Dam	Brian Colahan	4521
Koppies Dam	Brian Colahan	1744
Krugersdrift Dam	Brian Colahan	4384
Olive Hills Farm Dam	Brian Colahan	296
Rietpan	Brian Colahan	0
Rusfontein Dam	Brian Colahan	4711
Seekoeivlei	Brian Colahan	847
Skoonspruit Pan	Brian Colahan	344
Sunnyside 64 Pan	Brian Colahan	875
Sterkfontein Dam	Brian Colahan	252
Welbedacht Dam	Brian Colahan	419
TOTAL		48096

MPUMALANGA
	Compiler	No. birds
Arnot Pan	Woden Odendaal	1472
Blaauwwater Pan	Woden Odendaal	100
Blinkpan (Arnot)	Woden Odendaal	257
Blinkpan (Lothair)	Woden Odendaal	374
Blinkpan Oranje	Woden Odendaal	439
Bosmankrans Spruit	Woden Odendaal	396
Bosmansfontein Pan	Ken Hattingh	1188
Bosmanslaagte Pan	Ken Hattingh	200
Bosmanspoort Dam	Ken Hattingh	81
Coetzerspruit	Ken Hattingh	148
Coetzerspruit, source of	Woden Odendaal	466
Eilandsmeer 1 & 2	Woden Odendaal	242
Eilandsmeer 3	Woden Odendaal	670
Eilandsmeer 4	Woden Odendaal	1211
Goedehoop Pan (Middelburg)	Ken Hattingh	816
Groot Pan	Woden Odendaal	155
Groot Riet Pan	Ken Hattingh	504
Hendrina Municipal Dam	Ken Hattingh	133
Kanhym Pan 1	Ken Hattingh	1274
Kanhym Pan 2	Ken Hattingh	758
Kanhym Pan 3	Ken Hattingh	1421
Klein Riet Pan	Ken Hattingh	66
Kwena Dam	Hein Geldenhuys	917
Lake Banagher (East)	Woden Odendaal	0
Lake Banagher (Proper)	Woden Odendaal	615
Lake Banagher (West)	Woden Odendaal	827
Lakenvlei East	David Gaynor	520
Lakenvlei West	Woden Odendaal	1088
Leeuwpan	Boudewyn van der Lecq	4858
Lemoenfontein Dam 1	Ken Hattingh	733
Lemoenfontein Dam 2	Ken Hattingh	120
Lemoenfontein Dam 3	Ken Hattingh	219
Lemoenfontein Pan	Woden Odendaal	120
Lydenburg Fisheries	Hein Geldenhuys	82
Mavella Pan	Woden Odendaal	207
Middelburg Dam	Kassie Kasselman	1211
Mooiplaas Pan	Woden Odendaal	0
Nooitgedacht Pan	Woden Odendaal	339
Oranje Pan (Roodepoort)	Woden Odendaal	245
Oranjevallei Pan	Ken Hattingh	476
Otter Pan	Woden Odendaal	502
Rustig Pan	Woden Odendaal	1176
Simonsdal Pan	Woden Odendaal	201
TNC Proposed Bird Sanctuary	Ken Hattingh	640
Witbank Dam	Woden Odendaal	2361
TOTAL		29828

NORTH WEST PROVINCE
	Compiler	No. birds
Barberspan	Andre Vosloo	22112
Hartbeespoort Dam	Allen Jones	823
Leeupan II	Andre Vosloo	0
Vaalkop Dam	Boudewyn van der Lecq	7371
TOTAL		30306

NORTHERN PROVINCE
	Compiler	No. birds
Nylsvley Nature Reserve	Boudewyn van der Lecq	143
Pietersburg Bird Sanctuary	Conrad van Tonder	105
Rust de Winter Dam	Robert Thomson	851
Visser's Dam	Boudewyn van der Lecq	107
TOTAL		1206

GAUTENG
	Compiler	No. birds
Anglo Reserve	Stan Madden	591
Bonaero Park Pan	Albert Froneman	4625
Bronkhorstspruit Dam	Pauline Leinberger	966
Diepsloot Nature Reserve	Henk Alting	1088
Elandsvlei 414	Boudewyn van der Lecq	2762
Grootvaly on Blesbok	Stan Madden	354
Grootvaly Wetland Reserve	Stan Madden	217
Leeupan I	Stan Madden	506
Marievale Bird Sanctuary	Stan Madden	3739
Rietvlei Dam	Rihaan Geyser	1278
Rolfe’s Pan	Boudewyn van der Lecq	297
Rondebult Bird Sanctuary	Rodney Crisforsd	578
Rooiwal Sewage Works	A vd Walt	720
Rynfield Dam	BS Glenday	334
Cowles Dam (Springs Bird Sanctuary)	Stan Madden	217
Stan Madden Bird Sanctaury	Stan Madden	617
Vlakplaas Water Treatment Works	Rodney Crisforsd	1241
Zeekoegat Treatment Works	Robert Thomson	279
TOTAL		20409

TOTAL - South Africa (237 sites)		324034