Country Life Retirement Village wetland (26062816) | |
|---|---|
Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | NEWLY REGISTERED |
| Authority | Private Property |
| Management status | PRIVATE |
| Conservation status | Not protected |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2025-10-12 |
| Brief_description |
| The wetland is a permanent waterbody which was previously a natural pan. Access to 100% of the shoreline and visibility of all the open water with Phragmites reeds in the centre. Typha capensis is also present. The extent of the open water is approximately 20%. Rehabilitation of the wetland commenced in 2019. Phragmites is gradually being thinned out. The are wattles on the property but they are not encroaching on the wetland. Some Salix babylonica trees. Stinkwood trees have been planted where alien trees have been removed. Threats include occasional influx of poor quality storm water which is treated. Some litter does enter the wetland as the screens are not totally effective. Access is fully controlled. |
| Physical_features |
| The wetland is a permanent waterbody which was previously a natural pan. The extent of the open water is approximately 20%. |
| Hydrological_features |
| Good rains flush the wetland. |
| Ecological_features |
| The bird species diversity and populations have increased over the past eight years. Rehabilitation of the wetland commenced in 2019. Cape Wagtail, Yellow-billed Duck, White-faced Whistling Duck, Little Grebe, Red-knobbed Coot, Cape Shoveler, Common Moorhen, African Crake, Mallard and Black-crowned Night Heron have bred at the wetland over the past two years. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 16 | 24.33 | 31 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.67 | 6 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 3 | 5.50 | 8 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 22 | 24.33 | 27 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 4 | 8.67 | 13 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 3.50 | 6 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 4 | 17.00 | 28 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 5 | 14.67 | 23 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 10 | 14.67 | 17 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 7 | 8.33 | 11 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 10 | 11.50 | 13 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 3.67 | 7 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 7.00 | 12 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 |
Thursday 29 January 2026 09:37
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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