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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510534
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2012-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 752
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Individual saltpan levels 60%, 30%, 10%. Pumps broken. Vlei 80% full after good rains. Count by vehicle & foot
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		6413Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		340
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		770
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		371Confirmed Breeding
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		760
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		13246Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		63Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		21Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Friday 24 October 2025 06:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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