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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 504759
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2015-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:55
    End time 08:25
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 160
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		330
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		130Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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

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