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    Skoppan (28462606)

    Free State
    Card 501326
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28462606Skoppan (Free State)
    Start date 2009-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:45
    End time 14:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 7
    Total Count 30
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan nearly dry, save for the water in the excavations at the N and S ends, the active saltworks at the N end, and c.50 sq. m of mudflats along the E side and at N end, from seepage from four springs. Most of the Chestnut-banded Plovers were at or near these mudflats, and also in some old saltworks ponds, which were slightly damp. The shelduck normally rear their young on the southern ponds/excavations, but there was no sign of any ducklings. The springs on the E side also form a vlei along a section of the margin of the pan, which is where the Black Harrier was quartering (details sent to Dr Rob Simmons).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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