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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 1037
    Compiler 163
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1997-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:45:00
    End time 13:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1592
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10780
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		170
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1190
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		150
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		870
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		250
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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