Chatty Saltpans (33512535) | |
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Eastern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | SA096 - SWARTKOPS ESTUARY & CHATTY SALT PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1995-07-02 |
| Brief_description |
| Commercial saltpans within Swartkops Estuary IBA. Similar avifauna to nearby Redhouse saltpan, but has held globally significant numbers of Blacknecked Grebe and one nationally significant count of Greater Flamingo (winter 1995). As at Redhouse, Dabchick, cormorant and flamingo numbers peak in winter, but Cape Teal numbers peak in summer. Good summer counts of Grey Plover, Turnstone and Ruff, but few Ringed Plover; good counts of Avocet and Blackwinged Stilt in summer 1996; high winter count of Kittlitz's Plover in 1997. In contrast to Redhouse, few Kelp Gulls recorded but high numbers of Greyheaded Gulls in summer; like nearby Bar None saltpans, maximum counts of Palearctic waders lower than at Redhouse. South African Shelduck not recorded; few Redbilled Teal counted, and only one Yellowbilled Duck. Threats include pollution by domestic sewage and solid waste, hunting/trapping, and overhead powerlines. Comprised of the following sections: Swartkops Sea Salt Saltpans (excluding high salinity extraction pans), Stormwater pond between road and township, 1st evaporation saltpan, Chatty Stream from road bridge to level with middle of Chatty Pan 4. Second, third, fourth and fifth evaporation saltpans, including the temporary pans between road and rail line. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 256.68 | 702 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 3 | 140.26 | 490 | 250 | 125 | 190 |
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 141.37 | 714 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 80.90 | 587 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 54.20 | 294 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 2 | 45.10 | 278 | 130 | ||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 3 | 3.50 | 4 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 3.88 | 6 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.63 | 11 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 24.84 | 106 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 16.32 | 120 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 314.15 | 961 | 625 | 750 | |
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 335.69 | 2092 | 600 | ||
| 266 | Godwit, Bar-tailed | Limosa lapponica | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 8.68 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 6 | 457.73 | 1873 | 250 | 125 | 240 |
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 63.62 | 181 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 12.77 | 57 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 199.10 | 1034 | 1000 | 500 | |
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 11.14 | 39 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 3 | 20.22 | 96 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.15 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 11.90 | 30 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 3.75 | 23 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.03 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 3 | 35.78 | 92 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 4.89 | 21 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 5.33 | 13 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 1.88 | 3 | |||
| 272 | Phalarope, Red-necked | Phalaropus lobatus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 7 | 44.90 | 157 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 80.65 | 261 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 3 | 48.17 | 117 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 11.86 | 43 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 1.95 | 5 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 3 | 7.20 | 23 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 181.82 | 722 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 36.08 | 105 | |||
| 895 | Sandpiper, Pectoral | Calidris melanotos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 37.16 | 205 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 6 | 70.15 | 294 | 175 | ||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 12.36 | 119 | 75 | ||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 25 | 123.98 | 372 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 190.15 | 532 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 26 | 181.15 | 832 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 12.78 | 92 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 6.43 | 42 | 20 | ||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 2 | 46.74 | 289 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 5 | 12.00 | 33 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 29.53 | 179 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 17.40 | 44 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 2 | 7.00 | 16 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 172.24 | 870 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 2 | 28.18 | 113 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 8 | 32.37 | 71 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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