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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510386
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:15
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 3038
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pumps removed December 2018 (due to continued theft)and saltpans abandoned and then dried out. 12 Oct 2021 freshwater was diverted into pan from Motherwell stormwater canal. Pans are now very (110%) full of freshwater that is urban stormwater and hence contaminated with non-solid waste. Slightly saline due to salt remaining from saltpan era.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		800
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1540
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		9540
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2560
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		620
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1640
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		650
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		620
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1530
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7990
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		590
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		340
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		270
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		150
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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