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    Rolfes Pan (26102813)

    Gauteng
    Card 500799
    Compiler 1855
    Location code 26102813Rolfes Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:35
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 401
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Fair to moderate wind blowing on sunny day. Two Goliath Heron showed great interest in an open spot inbetween the reeds flying in and out twice and then remaining there. There were possibly far more birds skulking in the reeds, especially Sacred Ibis and Cattle Egret and Common Moorhen.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Forsyth
     
    0B. Forsyth
     
    0C. Moore
     
    0N. Maclean
     
    0V.Odendaal
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20Possibly Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1350Possibly Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		16622Confirmed Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 10:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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