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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510560
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:10
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1592
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Following a drought, >260mm rain May/June 2011. Adjacent Swartkops River flooded, some entering the saltpans. All individual pans 100% full. Count by vehicle & foot.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		300
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		215Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1145438Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		142Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		310
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		470
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		102Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		420
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		470
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2012Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		191Probably Breeding


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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