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    Aurora Pan (28002845)

    Free State
    Card 512711
    Compiler 14593
    Location code 28002845Aurora Pan (Free State)
    Start date 2026-10-25
    Season OOther
    Start time 12:22
    End time 12:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 344
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 20Pollution by fertilizers
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Heronry still active with Black-headed Heron, Grey Heron, Cattle Egret, and Reed Cormorant nests active. Red-knobbed Coots with small fledglings in water and several that are still on their nests incubating or brooding.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		171Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		8758Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Ardea ibis)    		4135Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		141Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		710
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		9511Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20


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    Monday 26 October 2026 10:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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