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    Groenfontein Pan (25562844)

    Gauteng
    Card 8134
    Compiler 608
    Location code 25562844Groenfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 621
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very wet underfoot. Pan partially full and very few mud flats supporting Waders.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1830
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		620
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1250
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		240


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