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    Rietpan (28402618)

    Free State
    Card 503871
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28402618Rietpan (Free State)
    Start date 2010-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:45
    End time 16:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 994
    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 Bottom of pan c.75% covered with water; filled recently, and there was water flowing in strongly on the east side during the count. Cloudy, hot and windy.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1640
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1630
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		590
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		820
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		750
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1070
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		270
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		180


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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