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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511977
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:35
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 6166
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Previously a commercial saltpan that was abandoned 2017 and dried out. Re-filled Oct 2021 with water diverted from Motherwell Stormwater Canal (township stormwater/runoff). Now mostly freshwater. This survey pan was 60% full and drying down due to low flow through the inlet channel. No floating algae but water green from suspended algae.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Louis du Plessis
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1720
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		300
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3520
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		4260
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1601Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		2900
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3960
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		6000
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		8990
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		830
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		512Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		510
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		7410
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1620
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		180
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		7100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2800
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		420
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1250
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		170
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		310


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    Friday 13 March 2026 03:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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