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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 504530
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:55
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 2501
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Vegetation short. Ideal visibility
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		640
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1840
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20000Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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