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    Rietpan (28402618)

    Free State
    Card 502318
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28402618Rietpan (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:50
    End time 17:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1433
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good. Probably c.60% of pan basin covered with water, and with c.5% of this (on W side) with a short emergent sedge, which interferred a bit with counting birds moving through it.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		470
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2290
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1070
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		610
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		120
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		720
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2130
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		160
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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