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 | |
| Heritage information | |
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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 | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 30.23 | 126 | 125 | ||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 16.81 | 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 | 18.51 | 197 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 13.46 | 93 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 15.66 | 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 | 23.84 | 122 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.33 | 3 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 56.15 | 255 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 9.98 | 164 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 37.80 | 550 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 5 | 29.80 | 41 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 11.47 | 59 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 3.42 | 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 | 18.66 | 92 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 10.76 | 90 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.28 | 2 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 13.52 | 100 | |||
| 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 | 15.08 | 175 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 3.29 | 8 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 95.33 | 930 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 7.09 | 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 | 2.62 | 7 | |||
| 254 | Knot, Red | Calidris canutus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 10.04 | 46 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 5.96 | 32 | |||
| 74 | Openbill, African | Anastomus lamelligerus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 37.13 | 244 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 6.50 | 12 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.96 | 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 | 25.33 | 52 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 1 | 13.65 | 89 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 12.95 | 66 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 10.50 | 29 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 56 | 56.00 | 56 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.99 | 12 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 6.57 | 22 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 8.60 | 55 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 5.91 | 24 | 20 | ||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 24.00 | 53 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 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 | 11.00 | 20 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 1.40 | 2 |
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