PE Power Station Pans (33522536) | |
|---|---|
Eastern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA096 - SWARTKOPS ESTUARY & CHATTY SALT PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2000-02-12 |
| Brief_description |
| Medium sized permanent / temporary freshwater vlei North of Power Station. After good rains, temporary pans form between main road & power station access road. Large permanent freshwater pond between rail line & township, 2 small temporary vleis North of 1 (between road and cemetery), Small temporary wetland between road & railway, |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 6 | 91.00 | 235 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 17.00 | 87 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 20 | 144.71 | 585 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 7.79 | 36 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.26 | 14 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 2 | 9.71 | 29 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 5.69 | 15 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.33 | 10 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 30.42 | 92 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 5.37 | 18 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 3 | 18.00 | 66 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 99.19 | 263 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 8.50 | 39 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 20.60 | 58 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 51.09 | 158 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.70 | 6 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 2 | 116.40 | 421 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 2.75 | 10 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.64 | 10 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 10.95 | 39 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 2.38 | 5 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 3 | 22.50 | 57 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 4.20 | 12 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 6.14 | 18 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 5.75 | 14 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 3.57 | 7 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 16.00 | 60 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 14.64 | 60 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 4 | 32.21 | 170 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 3 | 52.54 | 185 | 175 | ||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.41 | 12 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 17 | 53.29 | 257 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 71.38 | 183 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 3 | 46.00 | 158 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 8.60 | 27 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.60 | 2 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 26 | 169.75 | 497 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 6.63 | 20 |
Saturday 03 January 2026 08:51
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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