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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500973
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 07:40
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1063
    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 Undercount of birds in the reeds. On main large Power Station Pan birds on far side of the pan are counted from a long distance. Main Pan: normal water height. Vleis around Power Station - all dry (long dry period).
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0P. Hall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		970
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		440
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		580
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		580
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1430
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1550
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		720
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2430
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Monday 05 January 2026 02:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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