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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500157
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 07:40
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 873
    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 Main pan always counted from long distance so never totally accurate for smaller species. Main pan 90% full. The two vleis totally dry after long dry period. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0P. Hall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1270
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		330
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		731Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1771Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2350
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		380
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		190
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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