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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512314
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:35
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 79
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 5794
    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 Operational pans c85% full (a little lower than normal). Adjacent wetlands dry or very low (drought since Oct 2015). Grey Plover & Turnstone at high tide roost.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		520
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		610
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		7790
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20920
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		111Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1020
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1060
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1471Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6070
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		580
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1010
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		141Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1440
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2030
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2040
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1170
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1940
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1090
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3560
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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