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    Rolfes Pan (26102813)

    Gauteng
    Card 502181
    Compiler 1855
    Location code 26102813Rolfes Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-07-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 814
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes High water level covering small islands. Heavy air traffic due to world cup. In N.E. corner of pan, count is done from a balcony belonging to a transport industry, Zultrans. Heavy vehicles are constantly washed on premises and polluted water runs into pan where the previously inhabited pond in amongst the reeds, looks grey and lifeless. A lone gallinule and juvenile was all to be spotted there. No breeding observed on pan.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		5050
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1670
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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