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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng

    Card 506947
    Compiler 2135
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2016-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 08:25
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 291
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Tiny van Dijk
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    160
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    210Probably Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    50Possibly Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190Confirmed Breeding
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1500
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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