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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512294
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:10
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 2354
    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 Pans mostly full. Adjacent vleis 10% full.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gaye Hosking
     
    0Marianne Lear
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		490
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		700
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		292Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		5111Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		300
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		480
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		860
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1320
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		830
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		3270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1660
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		440
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2770
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		230
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		120
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		330
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		360


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