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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510429
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 3018
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Primary saltpan. Lowest ever seen, only 40% full, been low a long time & Salicornia saltmarsh starting to invade mud areas. High tide in estuary - roosting estuarine waders
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4810
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		590
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		890
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		540
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		180
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		4060
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1040
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4210
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		9670
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		580
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		840
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		40
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		500
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		740
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180


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    Tuesday 20 January 2026 07:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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