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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3865
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2001-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 09:20:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2541
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		4270
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2580
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		760Probably Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		482Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150Possibly Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4690
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2070
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2790
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		380
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1470
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2415Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1320Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30Probably Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		210
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		310
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100Possibly Breeding


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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