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    Rolfes Pan (26102813)

    Gauteng
    Card 502181
    Compiler 1855
    Location code 26102813
    Start date 2010-07-10
    Season O
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 814
    Wetland Condition 4
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes High water level covering small islands. Heavy air traffic due to world cup. In N.E. corner of pan, count is done from a balcony belonging to a transport industry, Zultrans. Heavy vehicles are constantly washed on premises and polluted water runs into pan where the previously inhabited pond in amongst the reeds, looks grey and lifeless. A lone gallinule and juvenile was all to be spotted there. No breeding observed on pan.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		5050
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1670
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Monday 27 July 2026 10:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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