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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5012
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2003-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1633
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		350
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		590Confirmed Breeding
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1290
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		180
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		940
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		230
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		710
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		400
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4710
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		510
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		530
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4360Confirmed Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		220
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Tuesday 20 January 2026 07:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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