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    Wadrif Saltpan (32131821)

    Western Cape
    Card 500758
    Compiler 11
    Location code 32131821Wadrif Saltpan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:24
    End time 16:25
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 7068
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes An extremely strong South-easterly wind blew for the entire survey period making it very difficult to count the birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Jooste
     
    0K. Shaw
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		80
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		6390
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2190
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		12190
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		300
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2650
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2420
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		5090
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		560
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1230
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10790
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1540
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		1030
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4360
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		260
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		320
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		980
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		440
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2500
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1030
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		6700
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		5100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		490
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		120
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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