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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510441
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:25
    End time 09:35
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 2690
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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. Pump was broken and pans very low Sept, pumped in Oct 2009, pan filled and now started to dry down a bit (90% full).
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		470
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3030
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		290
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1470
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		340
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1080
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		5990
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4980
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1110
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		480
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		130
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		190
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1800
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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