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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510422
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:40
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 4070
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Theft of saltpan pump equipment late 2016 & pan drying out - dryest ever seen. This survey: c20% full, dry access to all islands in pan. Piscivores preying on remaining fish in shallows
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		800
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		440
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		300
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1060
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3740
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1790
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		14330
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		11670
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2420
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		760
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1510
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		351Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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