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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510396
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2021-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:55
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 583
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpan pump removed Dec 2018 due to ongoing theft and pans dried out. c40mm rain 22/7/2021 after long drought resulted in damp mud and some very small, shallow, salty pools, There are plans to fill the pan with stormwater from Motherwell stormwater canal.Sacred Ibis and Kelp Gulls were roosting on a former island in the pan
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    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4770
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		220
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		510
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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