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    Rocherpan (32361818)

    Western Cape
    Card 500402
    Compiler 11
    Location code 32361818Rocherpan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:08
    End time 16:15
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1709
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Rocherpan has received large amounts of water and the Papkuil River was still flowing strong at the time of the count. The pans between Dwarkersbos and Rocherpan were the fullest I have ever seen them and the Papkuils River managed to break out to the sea, something which has not happened for many years.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Jooste
     
    0K. Shaw
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		250
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		402120Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1340
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		110
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3030
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		500
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		740
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2980
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2140


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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