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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510388
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2023-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:10
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 4677
    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 Pump removed Dec 2018 after rpeated thefts and saltpans dried out. 12 Oct 2021 stormwater from Motherwell Canal diverted into pan, changing it to freshwater (still some salt from sediments). Pan 90% full (inlet canal closed then re-opened 1/12/2022), very little mud. Water surface 50% covered in algae
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0S Dyosi
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		930
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		790
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		62Confirmed Breeding
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1710
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1750
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3680
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		2530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1750
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		2200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		5260
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3715Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		590
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		550
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		6490
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2320
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		370
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		3330
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2800
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		280
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		450
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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