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    Marrick Pan (28462436)

    Northern Cape
    Card 500788
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28462436Marrick Pan (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1655
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This is the first time I have counted this pan, and I suspect I may have undercounted the waterfowl on the open water (perhaps only by a small margin) due to the counting procedure used (started at southern side moving around clockwise).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		3120
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		790
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		310
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2620
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		820
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		730
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		660
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		530
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		3060
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		800


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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