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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512313
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1965
    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 Operational saltpans almost full. Drought since Oct 2015 so adjacent wetlands dry or very low. Black-necked Grebes and Flamingos are away breeding. Greyheaded and Hartlaubs Gulls colony almost finished breeding
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		3640
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1530
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		400
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3110
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		201Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		760
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3290
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		620
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		330
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		820
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		240
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2410Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		90
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		440


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 12:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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