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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 704
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1996-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40:00
    End time 12:10:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 3123
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    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)    		890
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		270
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		800
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2960
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		710
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		140
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		100
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1950
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2740
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1200
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		5720
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		1050
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		570
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		4900
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1730
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2360
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		140
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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