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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 509956
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 3018
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes River was high tide all day, (neap tides), so no mud banks exposed on this section, which is usually counted on an ebb tide. Again, the time and date for this count seems out of sync with all the years prior to Beverley Moll taking over organisation. Surely the data then is not comparable from past times to now, for the tidal sections? Selecting this date from the entire month was probably the worst date to do it!
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     
    21197Jenny Wentzel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		510
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		280
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		330
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		340
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		500
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3120
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		640
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		400
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		640
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		450
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		320
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		190
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		230


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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