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    De Pan (26132726)

    Gauteng
    Card 505065
    Compiler 2390
    Location code 26132726De Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2015-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 591
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level in main pan ~40%, dry east of embankment, one dam south of main pan dry for first time since 2009. Egyptian and Spurwing geese concentrated in marshy area between pan and R41. No Red-knobbed coots seen.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		3000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2000
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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