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    PE Power Station Pans (33522536)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512312
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 664
    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 Three groups of freshwater wetlands in urban setting. Many threats: Developments, altered water flows, sewerage & solid waste pollution. This survey: All wetlands full after 150mm rain May & June 2023. Largest pond not fully visible due to reeds & high water levels making it only partially accessible
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		590
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		330
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		530
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		740
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		390
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 12:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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