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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 1099
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:40:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2695
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		12490
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		620
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1640
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1330
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		700
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		230
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		700
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1040
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1850
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		310
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		710


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 12:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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