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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 500301
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:25
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2451
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpans higher than usual. Vleis next to pans all dry after long dry period.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0P. Hall
     
    0R. Buxton
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    6070
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    750
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1020
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    1190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1540
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    250
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    160
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2420
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    410
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    930
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    3240
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    470
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    340
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    290
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    290
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1760
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    980
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    101Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    90
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    450


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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