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    Platfontein Pans (28392437)

    Northern Cape

    Card 512336
    Compiler 73
    Location code 28392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 9
    Total Count 5539
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes By car; using scope at two vantage points and panoramic photos to count flamingos. Shoreline receding rapidly; major coot population seems to have moved off; Opposite shoreline too far away to identify any species; ideally boat or drone required for this site.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1800
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    36570
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    100
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    90
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    4000
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    11000
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    420
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    5500


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    Thursday 28 May 2026 05:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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