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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 6929
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-02-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15:00
    End time 14:45:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 3015
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Neap Tides, so not as much exposed mud banks as would be in spring tides.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		320
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		310
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		890
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		390
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		390
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		500
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		9710
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		550
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		210
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		460
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		930
    272Phalarope, Red-necked
    (Phalaropus lobatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		680
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		820
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		250


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