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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512308
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:55
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 621
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 11Partial reclamation/drainage/ditches/land fill
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count comprises three clusters of freshwater vleis/ponds in an urban setting. Many threats including reclamation due to developments, sewerage and solid waste pollution, changes in water flow. Largest pond now largely un-countable due to reeds and high water levels preventing access. Water levels high during this count.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		230
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		650
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2317Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		330
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		270
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 02:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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