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    Blaauwpan (26072815)

    Gauteng
    Card 8562
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26072815Blaauwpan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2007-02-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 07:57:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 154
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Aviation fuel spill into pan in 2006. Clean-up involved excavation of contaminated soil around pan edge. This has created more naturally sloping shoreline instead of steep banks in places. Reeds have died along much of shoreline.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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