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    Sandpan (26072819)

    Gauteng
    Card 504708
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26072819Sandpan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2015-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:55
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 537
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		170
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		450Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		580Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1060
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		530
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		1410Confirmed Breeding


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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