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    Platfontein Pans (28392437)

    Northern Cape
    Card 504226
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2011-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 3011
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Four pans were counted, including those centred at: S 28 40 50 E 24 39 05, S 28 40 20 E 24 38 35, S 28 40 17 E 24 38 00, S 28 39 50 E 24 37 22, and the small dam at S 28 40 21 E 24 38 56
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4960
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		2260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		3830
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		300
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		510
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		520
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		240
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1090
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2090
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3830
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2580
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		5240
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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