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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
256Calidris pugnax147.90190  
72Scopus umbretta12.077   
255Calidris alba20149.25316   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta1116.15887250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata83028.73122735000250010000
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis27.0019   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1520.3323   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus1163.401206   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus1179.77749  130
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea13.208   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa139.23380 250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa8181.0081   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa123.65132  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A328.0090
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus112.0029   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata25.338   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata4342.87180317008501000
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.3312
58Egret, GreatArdea alba16.2731   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia111.1649   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta136.63259   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis131.00110   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus1332.5423011250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1171.611786  600
207Flufftail, StripedSarothrura affinis11.001
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica14.6710   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca41175.576117350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1210.932080 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis153.24381250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus1190.115585025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis2214.93971500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia124.36122   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus17.6924   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii116.2188   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus130.39176 150 
10010Gull, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1111.0011
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus14.009
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax17.4758   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.1914   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea025.78124   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.003   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus134.76151   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus120.1594   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash13.2711   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.332
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.252
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.224
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus119.87237   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus14.0013   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus1212.0012   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus22.002
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus1102.37435  300
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus66.006   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula119.60140   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola19.0045   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius17.3367   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.4321   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus111.4438   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma275.53320 250 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.808  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1145.391048  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis151.50204   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus1212.0012 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.5013   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana191.66730420210500
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii3516.932001350175350
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.677   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba133.8921815075 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus1123.37517 500 
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1224.85700   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis33.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.336  
10007Swan, Black Cygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota118.3380   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis266.69309   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha138.13540   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia119.69127 6820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo6065.5071   
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum7272.0072 65 
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii154.33160   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1010.0010   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A44.004
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1133.884271507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus164.86316   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus14.7510   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A31001.676364
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.6729
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus66.006   
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Thursday 28 March 2024 11:26
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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