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    Rietpan (28402618)

    Free State
    Card 503930
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28402618Rietpan (Free State)
    Start date 2011-08-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:10
    End time 15:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 685
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan full, or nearly so. Cold wind blowing. Birds scattered all over the pan, and thus difficult to count. Ducks breeding: Yellow-billed Duck - Adult with 3 ducklings (class lll) and another with 6 ducklings (class llc); Cape Shoveler - pair with 2 ducklings (class lc).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		400
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		471Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		372Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1070
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		2590
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		150
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		720
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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