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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng

    Card 505820
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2016-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:15
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 207
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Billington
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    670
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    450
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    110Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    130Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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