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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 507512
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-07-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1492
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		460
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2310
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		180
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2090
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		210
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		2160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4140
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		110
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1110
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		470
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


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    Friday 30 January 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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