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    Toronto Pan (27592641)

    Free State
    Card 501140
    Compiler 24
    Location code 27592641Toronto Pan (Free State)
    Start date 2008-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 16:00
    End time 17:30
    Shoreline covered 5
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 2170
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count done from up on the high ground (an old municipal rubbish dump) on W side with x20-80 scope on tripod. When CWACs were started on this site (and for some years prior to this) most of the shallows and shore were covered with Typha and Phragmites. Since then the water level has been rising (probably because of grey water which the municipality should be using for irrigation, but for which the reticulation system has collapsed). This means that the water now extends beyond the fringing vegetation, presenting a new habitat for birds, and which they are using. To census these I would have to walk around the pan, which would unfortunately take another hour, at least.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		12250
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1170
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		850
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		6770
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		330
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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