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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510485
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:05
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 7
    Total Count 40
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpans abandoned Jan 2017 due to repeated theft of pumps. Slowly dried out (drought for 2 yrs). This survey pans 2% full - 2 small brine puddles surrounded by brine encrusted mud. Rest of pans dry mud. Count by vehicle & foot. Pan has dried up around the nesting cormorants.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		206Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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