Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511145
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 92
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 5830
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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). End October 2024 flood broke pan wall and pan emptied. Wall repaired 6 Dec 2024, pan filled to 80% but inlet then blocked so during current survey Pan 30% full of freshwater and drying down.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Saudiqa Benjamin
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2390
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		3060
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		221Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		370
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2511Confirmed Breeding
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1380
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		310
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		14300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		17400
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		4210
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		400
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		7420
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1390
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		340
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		190
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Tuesday 15 April 2025 12:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License