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    Bar None Saltpan (33502533)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512412
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502533Bar None Saltpan (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:45
    End time 14:50
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 354
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 12Total reclamation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count by vehicle and foot. Three Pans 80-120% full & 4th pan by river 2% full of freshwater after c200 mm rain in two large rain events early May & early June 2026. Probably highest water level since saltpans abandoned Jan 2017 due to theft of pumps.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Saudiqa Benjamin
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		591Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		600
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		310
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Monday 27 July 2026 11:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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