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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 506940
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:35
    End time 09:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1084
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Tiny van Dijk
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		90
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		510Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		680
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		610
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		400
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		270Probably Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		330Probably Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		140
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		610Probably Breeding
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		210Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3760Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		450
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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