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    Toronto Pan (27592641)

    Free State
    Card 503876
    Compiler 24
    Location code 27592641Toronto Pan (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 17:00
    End time 17:55
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 117
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Level even higher than during previous count, pushing water past the fringing reeds and rushes; some of this open water was checked at the N and S ends. Most of count done with scope on tripod. Breeding records: Great Crested Grebe: adult + 1 young (<1/4 adult size); Moorhen: pair with 1 young (c.1/3 adult size).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		211Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    170Harrier, Montagu's
    (Circus pygargus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		11
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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