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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 509535
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2022-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:28
    End time 08:40
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 183
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    17494Ineke Huggins
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		202Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		200
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		110
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		100
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		585Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130Probably Breeding
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 05:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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