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    Diepsloot Nature Reserve (25572800)

    Gauteng
    Card 512618
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25572800Diepsloot Nature Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:05
    End time 12:02
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 230
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This site comprises a multitude of dams. Given the time taken to travel between them we focussed on the four largest dams (2, 3, 5 and 7 on our map) and two smaller ones (1 and 9) that were readily accessible without a significant detour. The site is very popular with cyclists and vigilance is required on shared foot and cycle tracks.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eleanor Peake
     
    10470Debbie Powell
     
    17969Nadine Terreblanche
     
    22049Penny Abbott
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		120
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		595Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20


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    Friday 11 September 2026 11:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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