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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 500175
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55
    End time 10:36
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 81
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan recently inundated after several years of being dry. Resultant dense flooded grassland provides excellent duck habitat, but poor visibility. Undercount extremely probable. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Whittington-Jones
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		160
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		130
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 05:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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