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    Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (32481810)

    Western Cape
    Card 2005
    Compiler 380
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 937
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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)    		1420
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		250
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		900
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		500
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		170
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		700
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1560
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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