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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511976
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 257
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Little rain since June 2025. Three vlei areas counted: "Pond 7" mostly dry except for pond 60% full near rail; Pond 6 100% full, cannot be properly counted as track flooded & reeds obscure view (very polluted from township runoff); Power station vleis dry (about driest I've seen them)
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		760
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		392Confirmed Breeding
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250


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    Wednesday 04 March 2026 11:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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