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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng
    Card 506931
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2017-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 09:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 426
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Tiny van Dijk
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		200
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		100
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		220
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		330Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240Confirmed Breeding
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1090
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		510
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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