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    Galeshewe Vlei (28382440)

    Northern Cape
    Card 512338
    Compiler 73
    Location code 28382440Galeshewe Vlei (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 07:40
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 456
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Fine and clear, warm. By foot, with binos and scope. Water receding but pollution channel still flowing from dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		190
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		460
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		680
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1610
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		660


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 02:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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