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

    Western Cape
    Card 2161
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 1995-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1557
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		540
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4760
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		4450
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		730
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		310
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		350
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		340
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		210
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		150
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		80
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		600
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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