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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 501429
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:45
    End time 08:25
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 472
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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 - main vlei 40% full (reeds died in drought), other vleis damp & drying after rain in late June.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0P. Hall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    270
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    560
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    770
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    240
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1102Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    301Confirmed Breeding
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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