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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng

    Card 511533
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:16
    End time 10:03
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 480
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    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
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    17494Ineke Huggins
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    100Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    2440
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    100
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    660
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    570
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 07:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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