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    Sandpan (26072819)

    Gauteng
    Card 4983
    Compiler 1538
    Location code 26072819Sandpan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2003-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 09:40:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 461
    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 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		950
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		870
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		370
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		170
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		230
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		200


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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