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Panfontein (26432800)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Sky Sand Mine owned by Everite
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Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2020-10-09
Brief_description
Pan is fed by a spring situated amongst a clump of Populier trees. Spring has never dried up, according to Manager Peet Herbts, Bad part is the Suikerbosch Treatment Plant of Rand Water dumps the overflow from their settling ponds into the system from time to time. The pan is situated in grassland with a fair amount of exotic trees around it and a fair amount of reeds in the pan.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	9	54.50	100
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	14.20	28
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	16	66.92	230
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	8.09	25
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	3.78	8
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	3	3.00	3
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.33	10
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	4	4.00	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	9	9.00	9
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	8.50	28
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	28.64	105
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.17	2
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	1.50	2
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.57	7
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	9.89	31
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	8	34.50	88
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	9	106.60	383
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	5	26.67	145
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	7.63	21
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	3.50	6
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	3.00	4
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	11.14	38
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	4	4.00	4
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	2	9.83	25
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	2	3.20	5
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.90	6
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.88	3
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.33	4
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.67	2
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	2.00	3
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	3.75	7
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	6	23.00	64
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	3	8.64	21
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	2	2.00	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	2.60	6
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.00	1
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	1.00	1
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	8	41.25	142
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	7.63	19
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	9.75	24
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	3	8.00	15
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	10.67	22
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	2.00	2	-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	4.00	7
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	12.58	47
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	3	14.09	53
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	2	2.50	3
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	3.86	15
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	6.57	11
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	6	7.00	8
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	3	5.80	8
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	3.75	5
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	3	9.00	21
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	4	10.17	16
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	4	12.58	36
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.40	2
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	13.80	41
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	7.75	16
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	7.30	24

Friday 13 March 2026 01:07
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Panfontein (26432800)

Gauteng

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