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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512295
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1346
    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 Saltpans and adjacent vleis full after good rains (100mm May & 40mm June 2023). Final evaporation pan has been modified with additional berms and is now more salty and less attractive to birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marianne Lear
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		600
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		310
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3490
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		3200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		510
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		570
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		530
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1470
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		360


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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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