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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512287
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 46
    Total Count 2699
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 11Partial reclamation/drainage/ditches/land fill
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes All individual saltpans nearly full (most >90%). Adjacent vleis dry (little rain since June 2025). Chatty River with moderate flow (polluted township runoff).
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Godfrey Lodge
     
    0Patrick Killian
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		500
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		540
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1470
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		560
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3040
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		240
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		540
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		600
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1520
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1880
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		4010
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		320
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		5140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1040
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		460
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 02:18
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