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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511978
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 8
    Total Count 17
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Commercial saltpan abandoned Jan 2017 due to theft of pumping equipment and pans have dried out. This survey: Overall pans c5% full with little rain since June 2025. Freshwater Vlei by rail c15% full (small pool). Main pans c10% full with small pool of precipitated salt & salt around edges. Pan by river dry and 100% covered in saltmarsh & saltbush (Suaeda fruticosa). Count by vehicle & foot
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 13 March 2026 03:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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