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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 851
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1996-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 16:10:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1755
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)    		4570
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		940
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		550
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		850
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1640
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1980
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		580
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1020
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		2440
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		90
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		220
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 01:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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