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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 8698
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:55:00
    End time 12:40:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 4534
    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 Saltpans were drained after floods on 4 Aug 2006. All pans still considerably lower than usual.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    4730
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    820
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    8321Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    970
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    340
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    891Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    2610
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    592Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    6620
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    3020
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    5360
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    720
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    310
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    440
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    3143Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    240
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    3530
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    430
    895Sandpiper, Pectoral
    (Calidris melanotos)
    20


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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