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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510535
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1423
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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 Saltpan pump broken. Individual pan levels: 30%. 20%, 10%. Vlei 90% full after 65mm rain 31 Jan-3 Feb 2012. Count by vehicle & on foot
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5324Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3640
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		750
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1380
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		430
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1440
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		380
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		651Confirmed Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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