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    De Pan (26132726)

    Gauteng
    Card 511575
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26132726De Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:17
    End time 10:09
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 1569
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very cold with an icy wind. Part of the catchment is being actively mined for sand. Some old excavations have filled with water. A swamphen and a coot were found dead on barbed wire fences that cut through the pan.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		3290
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1740
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		3080
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		670
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		210
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 03:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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