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    Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 8700
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502535Redhouse Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 948
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan lowest ever seen (5% deep) due to pump being disabled by 4 Aug 2006 floods and now water being pumped since then.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		290
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		12556Confirmed Breeding
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		220
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		55381Confirmed Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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