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    Apex Pan (26132820)

    Gauteng

    Card 511762
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26132820Apex Pan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:19
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 85
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Access road has been blocked. Walked into site and counted from berm on SE shore. Could not reach the vantage of the mine dump from which pan counted in recent years.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eunice Shirinda
     
    0Sipho Ndlovu
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    310
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    260
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    20


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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