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    Kensalt Saltworks (02594009)

    Kenya
    Card 508268
    Compiler 10723
    Location code 2594009Kensalt Saltworks (Kenya)
    Start date 2008-01-27
    Season KEquatorial
    Start time 4:30pm
    End time 6:30pm
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 6312
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The counts were carried out over a spring high tide and the number of small waders found within the salt works was therefore significantly higher than in previous years. However the main large pond to the north east of the works was flooded higher than previous years and thus there were no roosting birds in here where at other times it was packed.
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    10723Colin Jackson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		820
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		370
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2590
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		600
    234Plover, Siberian Sand
    (Charadrius mongolus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		1180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		800
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3290
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		160
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		590
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		760
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    902Tern, Gull-billed
    (Gelochelidon nilotica)    		4320
    933Gull, Black-headed
    (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)    		170
    2058Gull, Sooty
    (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)    		10
    2070Tern, Saunders's
    (Sternula saundersi)    		10
    2188Egret, Dimorphic
    (Egretta dimorpha)    		170
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		46650


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    Thursday 26 March 2026 09:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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