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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 1027
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1997-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45:00
    End time 11:55:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1452
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		450
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1440
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		430
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		240
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		80
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		750
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3130
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		200
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		2130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		250
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3630
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		380
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		180
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 12:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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