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    Mooirivierloop 4 (26212717)

    Gauteng
    Card 511962
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26212717Mooirivierloop 4 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:50
    End time 12:01
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 697
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Approximately 150 SA Shelduck and 18 African Spoonbill flushed downstream from this count area. These numbers were included among birds counted in zones 3 and 5.
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    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		650
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		150
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		500
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		390
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		470
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		900
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		830
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		890
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		560
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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