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    Rondevlei Nature Reserve: Block 12 (34041830)

    Western Cape
    Card 512261
    Compiler 21274
    Location code 34041830Rondevlei Nature Reserve: Block 12 (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 11:08
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1835
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No tidal influence. Used telescope. Time of year when most of reserve is "drained". Dry, or very low water levels in all pans (i.e. dry in front of most of the birds hides) except main pan (viewed from towers and last bird hide). 3 hippo visible in main pan. Hyacinth cover extensive (spraying dry areas planned). Clear, warm, but wind picked up throughout morning; moderate-strong towards late morning. Large roost of gulls/ terns (hundreds), as well as waders (Little Stint (dominant), but also likely Ringed Plover, Kittlitz's Plover and others) in last pan. Birds too far to make out through heat haze (using scope); also obscured by reeds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		580
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		640
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		580
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		510
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		5700
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		600
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		310
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		570
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1000
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2000
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		1000


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