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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510387
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2022-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:55
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 2435
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pumps removed Dec 2018 due to continued theft, saltpans abandoned & dried out. 12 Oct 2021 stormwater from Motherwell canal diverted into pans, allowing them to fill up with freshwater (still some salinity due to salt in sediments). Currently 110% full (overflowing) & 20% covered with algae.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D Nbuyazi
     
    0R Weltz
     
    0S Benjamin
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1490
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4620
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5460
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		930
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1060
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		810
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		771Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2050
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		720
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		750
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2240
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		21010Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		291Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		380


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    Tuesday 20 January 2026 07:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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