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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

    Gauteng
    Card 677
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)
    Start date 1996-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 819
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2370
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		140
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1730
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		440
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		260
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		160
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		110
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		80
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		180
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		440
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		950
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		260
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 07:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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