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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500975
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:35
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 2904
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpan very high (overflowing). Year long drought in area.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1490
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		230
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		220
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		4220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		830
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2050
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1080
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		540
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		780
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1080
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3680
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3370
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		740
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		340
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		940
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3540
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		150
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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