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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510424
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2016-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:40
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1770
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Primary saltpan 80% full, being filled after being low for a long period, so dry mud at edges (therefore not many waders).
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		6340
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2780
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1870
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		400
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2310
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		810
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		160
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		430
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		430
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 03:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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