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    Platfontein Pans (28392437)

    Northern Cape
    Card 504227
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10
    End time 13:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1820
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only one pan had water, the other three were dry. The pan that was counted is centred at: S 28 40 50 E 24 39 05, The other three pans that were dry are centred at: S 28 40 20 E 24 38 35, S 28 40 17 E 24 38 00, S 28 39 50 E 24 37 22, The small dam at S 28 40 21 E 24 38 56 was also dry.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		430
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1220
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		400
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		370
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2040
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1340
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		530
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3500
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		3130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		620
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		210
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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