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    Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Dolphin Beach (33501828)

    Western Cape
    Card 508872
    Compiler 20757
    Location code 33501828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Dolphin Beach (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:20
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 407
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1820
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		780
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		630
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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