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    Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (32471809)

    Western Cape
    Card 2146
    Compiler 223
    Location code 32471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1994-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 745
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    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)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		660
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1680
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		120
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		940
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		410
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		350
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1010
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		330
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		290
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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