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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510437
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:05
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 884
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Primary concentration saltpan. Pumps broken for several months and pans lowest ever seen - 5% full, just a few pools and damp mud.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		500
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		560
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		490
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		440
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		470
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		660
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1810
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		320


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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