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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512316
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2016-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:20
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 5725
    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 80-90% full. Adjacent wetlands dry or very low (little rain since Oct 2015).
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Maelle Connan
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		5100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		710
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		290
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		9610
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1750
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1660
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1001Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		230
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5420
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		760
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		390
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		921Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1910
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4520
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		5000
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		300
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		810
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10340
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		390
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		260
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		100
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		380


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