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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 511284
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 09:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 237
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 2Sedimentation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    16965Spike Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		530
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		200
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		850


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    Monday 14 April 2025 11:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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