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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512298
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 4760
    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 All operational saltpans nearly full. Salt company plans to modify last evaporation pan to make it more salty. Drought since Oct 2015 but some rain 4 Aug 2018. Colony of Greyheaded and Hartlaub's Gulls almost finished breeding.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Maelle Connan
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		14240
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1630
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		990
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		240
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2230
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		13160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		410
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		550
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		610
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4530
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		500
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		760
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		553200Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		3411Confirmed Breeding
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		700


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