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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510402
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:55
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 279
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pans not operational since Jan 2017 due to ongoing theft at pumps. Pans slowly dried out. After 200mm rain May-June 2023, main pans c20% full (still very salty due to salt left in sediment). Count by vehicle and foot.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		600
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		290
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		340
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		337Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Friday 24 October 2025 06:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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