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    Rietspruit (Rooikraal) (26202817)

    Gauteng
    Card 5688
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26202817Rietspruit (Rooikraal) (Gauteng)
    Start date 2004-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:50:00
    End time 19:10:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 377
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		280
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		231Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		840
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		290
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		240
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		510
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		170
    360Owl, African Grass
    (Tyto capensis)    		10
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		50


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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