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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512289
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 12:20
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 3782
    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 Most individual salt pans full (80-100%). Light flow in Chatty River (polluted township runoff). Adjacent vleis mostly dry
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Godfrey Lodge
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2470
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		7680
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		330
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		2940
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2690
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		480
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		920
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2900
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4540
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3020
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		3670
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2680
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1200
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		110
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250


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