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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng

    Card 508149
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 141
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 141 birds seen across 20 species
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Billington
     
    0Dick Harris
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    200
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    690Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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