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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500971
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 3948
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 3 pans full, 2 pans low. Year long drought (freshwater vleis in region all dry).
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    0P. Hall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		870
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		670
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		360
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		101Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1510
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1030
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		151Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		920
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		3421Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		110
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		60
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1670
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		1130
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		780
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		470
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		7220
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1940
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		5550
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		340
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		350
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		2970
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2050
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3220
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		480
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		620
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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