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    Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

    Gauteng

    Card 508910
    Compiler 16381
    Location code 26032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:38
    End time 10:47
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 357
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2135Peter Huggins
     
    17494Innike Huggins
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    940
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    70
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    10
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    90
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    240Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1210Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    460
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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