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    Coega Saltpans (33472540)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500085
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33472540Coega Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 13:55
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1229
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		695Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		703Confirmed Breeding
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		600
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		601Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3000
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1820
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		560
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1112Confirmed Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1812Confirmed Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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