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    Port Nolloth Salt Pan (29141652)

    Northern Cape
    Card 510223
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 29141652Port Nolloth Salt Pan (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00
    End time 11:33
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 219
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Did not drive around pan due to wind-blown sand and the presence of illegal miners. Surveyed from western entrance to salt pan, and from the permanent pools closest to the road.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		450
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		560
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		980
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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