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    Rolfes Pan (26102813)

    Gauteng
    Card 504160
    Compiler 12647
    Location code 26102813Rolfes Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 1019
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Reed beds very high. North-east corner of pan suffered a large burn. Did observe several Black-Headed Heron and Coot nest sites.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90Possibly Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		8000
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		170
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		290Possibly Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		700
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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