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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510833
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:35
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 5568
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pumps removed December 2018 (due to continued theft) and saltpans abandoned and then dried out. 12 Oct 2021 freshwater from the Motherwell Stormwater canal was diverted into the pan (urban stormwater and hence contaminated with non-solid waste). Slightly saline due to salt remaining from saltpan era. During this count pans were 105% full - slight overflow in places. No floating algae (after initial filling with freshwater much of the pan surface was covered in floating algae). Flood in adjacent river 2 June 2024 did not enter saltpan
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gavin Rishworth
     
    0Saudiqa Benjamin
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2750
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1320
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1840
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		420
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		12150
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1810
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		761Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		570
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		340
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		980
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		28110
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		760
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		290
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		340
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		490
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		440


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    Thursday 31 October 2024 04:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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