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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511478
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:50
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2361
    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). End October 2024 flood broke pan wall and pan emptied. Wall repaired 6 Dec 2024, pan filled to 80% but inlet then blocked so pan dried down to 30% Jan 2025. Inlet unblocked Feb 2025 and during this count Pan 110% full - slight overflow in places. 50% of water surface has floating algae (came back after pan re-filled).
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    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3550
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2911Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2000
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		830
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1010
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		560
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		8000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		620
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		530
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		430
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		420
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		470
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1480
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		20


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 10:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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