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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510483
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 314
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpans not operational since Jan 2017 due to ongoing theft at pumps. Pans slowly dried out. Pans c30% full after good rain since May 2023 (still very salty due to salt left in sediment). Count by vehicle and foot.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		245Confirmed Breeding
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		191Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		480
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		211Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		161Confirmed Breeding
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		880
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		111Confirmed Breeding
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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