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    Barberspan (26352535)

    North West

    Card 500791
    Compiler 10624
    Location code 26352535Barberspan (North West)
    Start date 2009-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:01
    End time 17:01
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 2290
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pan was very dry until about two weeks ago when heavy rains filled the pan. The dry pan caused the birds to move to other areas and have not returned to the full pan at the time of the count. The wader areas were also covered with water. There is abundant water pools in the country side which may also explain the low numbers counted.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Burger
     
    0A. Pienaar
     
    0E. de Villiers
     
    0H. Boardman
     
    0J. Reohkoane
     
    0K. Mansfield
     
    0L. du Preez
     
    0L. Neto
     
    0M. du Plessis
     
    0P. du Plessis
     
    0T. Burger
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    650
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    530
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    910
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    150
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    90
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    630
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    140
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    290
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2010
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    240
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    30
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    110
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1700
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    3110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2800
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    250
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    390
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    2540
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    80
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2490
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    790
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    190
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    590
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)
    110


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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