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    Apex Pan (26132820)

    Gauteng
    Card 6724
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26132820Apex Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2005-07-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 10:43:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 3790
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level lower than during any prvious count.Small mud bank visible in open water.Tons of dog pellets dumped in the field adjacent to pan were being eaten by hundreds of Sacred Ibis and Grey-Headed Gulls.Stone jetty recently constructed at pan.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30Possibly Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		26650Probably Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		7560


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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