Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 1030
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1997-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:00:00
    End time 16:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2135
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1830
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		260
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		500
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		500
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1650
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		960
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1200
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1220
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		6430
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		270
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		130
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		300
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Tuesday 20 January 2026 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License