Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 510415
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:50
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 94
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 1179
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Recently pumped seawater into pan after it had been dry most of 2016 & 2017 due to thefts at pumphouse. This survey: Pan c80% full with good amount of mud exposed.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1030
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    4350
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    530
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    190
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    250
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    420
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    130
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    2840
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1050
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    370
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    80
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    220


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License