Stewards Pan (26122817) | |
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Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment |
| Management status | STATE LAND |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-01-26 |
| Brief_description |
| A 12 ha permanent open water pan with fringing tall, dense Typha beds which probably result from the constant water level (there is an artificial embankment at the west end of the pan), and nutrient enrichment from a sewage outlet. Greyheaded Gulls breed: 400 nests in June 1985 but only 300 birds were counted in 1992-1994; live gull chicks and injured adults were harvested by local children in 1985 (D.G. Allan). Counts show a winter peak of ibises, African Spoonbill, flamingos (none in summer) and some waterfowl; grebes, cormorants and herons are recorded only in summer. The June 1985 count recorded about 20 Purple Gallinule and 20 Moorhen. No threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | ||||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 37.75 | 203 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.00 | 17 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.60 | 6 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.83 | 11 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 5.15 | 15 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 7.14 | 40 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 4.94 | 18 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 10.60 | 50 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 2 | 30.20 | 90 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 48.00 | 154 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 4.39 | 21 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 4.27 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 2.08 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 3.48 | 13 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 692.43 | 3859 | 1000 | 500 | 3000 |
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.88 | 6 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.44 | 4 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 2.40 | 4 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 293.93 | 3522 | 2000 | 1000 | 3000 |
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 7.17 | 23 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.22 | 17 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 4.25 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 0 | 5.35 | 25 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 7.28 | 34 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 2 | 6.50 | 11 | |||
| 360 | Owl, African Grass | Tyto capensis | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 4.67 | 11 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 8.17 | 18 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 5.42 | 13 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 6.67 | 17 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 7.90 | 20 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 11.25 | 35 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 14.50 | 27 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 3.67 | 5 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 4.75 | 17 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 3.85 | 12 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 2.86 | 5 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 5.20 | 23 |
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