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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512293
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1659
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 11Partial reclamation/drainage/ditches/land fill
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Floods went through saltpans 2/6/2024 turning them to freshwater. Most primary pans near 100% full during count and adjacent vleis 70% full. Most saline pan 15% full (drying it out after the flood).
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Godfrey Lodge
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2480
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1810
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2980
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		460
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1990
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		220
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		730
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1470Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		110
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		104Probably Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		480


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    Saturday 09 May 2026 12:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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