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    Danielskuil Pan (29022554)

    Free State
    Card 503909
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29022554Danielskuil Pan (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00
    End time 13:35
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 3936
    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 Pan quite full and the water surface therefore mostly above "bossies" growing in the pan. Most of count done from W side with scope on tripod; smaller birds on E side could have been missed. Clear, hot, still. Breeding records: Red-knobbed Coot - 97 nests with an adult settled on it, possibly incubating, and also several more being built, or old ones; also 28 chicks scattered over the pan, ranging from very small to well-grown. Egyptian Goose - adult with 6 young (class IIa). The one Greater Flamingo (adult) had a broken wing.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		280
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		220
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		720
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		250
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		300
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2580
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		340
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		740
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		32640
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		240
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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