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    Grootpan (25552954)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 3134
    Compiler 57
    Location code 25552954Grootpan (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2000-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1413
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		140
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		870
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		620
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		556150Probably Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		570
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1850
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		9140Possibly Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		380
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		1250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		200
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		160
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		60


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 05:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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