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    Wildevoelvlei (34081821)

    Western Cape

    Card 511763
    Compiler 20
    Location code 34081821Wildevoelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 664
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wildevoelvlei Waste Water Treatment Works counted Egyptian Geese dying. Works manager confirmed that tests had been done and result was botulism. No other waterbirds seen to be affected.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ian Minto
     
    0Marilyn Metcalf
     
    671Ann White
     
    1432Anne McLeod
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    560
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    2350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    340
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    450
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1670
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    90


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    Friday 30 January 2026 01:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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