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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510416
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:05
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2496
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 23Salt works
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Have been pumping in seawater for c2 mths after pans dry most of 2016 & 2017 due to thefts at pumphouse. This survey: c60% full, lots of exposed mud. Some of the larger estuarine waders roosting on pan (high tide in estuary)
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		540
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1850
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1780
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		710
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		8240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		870
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		640
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		280
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		200
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1750
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1890
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		520
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		360
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		130
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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