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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510518
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:10
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 414
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpan pumps stolen late 2016 and pans drying out (drought since Oct 2015). This survey Pans c7% full - brine pools surrounded by wet mud. Count by vehicle & foot.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		500Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		410
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		810
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		200
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1950Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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