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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510521
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2016-07-07
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:20
    End time 12:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1979
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The 3 saltpans 90%, 80% & 70% full. Some mud exposed. Youth disturbed some nesting colonies just after the count finished. Count by vehicle & foot
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		150
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		9050Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		283130Confirmed Breeding
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		240
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4970
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		950
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1040
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		321Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		770
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		340
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		39270Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		280Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		8220Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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