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    De Pan (26132726)

    Gauteng
    Card 504622
    Compiler 2390
    Location code 26132726De Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 549
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes water level very high as in July 2011. African Skimmer confirmed sighting. Terek Sandpiper identified by twitchers observing Skimmer that afternoon included in this form.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		90
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		350
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2540
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		160
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		490
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		160
    306Skimmer, African
    (Rynchops flavirostris)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 06:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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