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    Panorama Salt Pan (34191953)

    Western Cape
    Card 501595
    Compiler 2112
    Location code 34191953Panorama Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 726
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 00237 - Biggest concentration ever seen! All stages from adults down to eggs. Impossible to get an accurate count. 00251 - Mostly juveniles, 60% - 70%. Some asults in non breeding dress with distinctive white heads and necks! 0086 - 6 well grown immatures amongst this group. (Where do they breed)? 00090 - The only pair seen this season - last year 110 birds seen !!
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		430Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20Probably Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1320Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		2000Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		360
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		790
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60Confirmed Breeding


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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