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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 512288
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:35
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2131
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 11Partial reclamation/drainage/ditches/land fill
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Individual salt pans 80-90% full. Chatty River mod flow (polluted township runoff). Adjacent vleis 30% full.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    4220
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    280
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    240
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    190
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    6840
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    2430
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    600
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    300
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    400
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    670
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1430
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    550
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    920
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    500


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 02:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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