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    Platfontein Pans (28392437)

    Northern Cape

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    Compiler 105
    Location code 28392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1997-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 18:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 9150
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    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)
    10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    520
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    950
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    2430
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    200
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    7880
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1580
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    2370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1010
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    2640
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    690
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    220
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    2800
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    22240
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    400
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    3720
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    15310
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    2080
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    270
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    5300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    7740
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2480
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    5090
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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