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

    Western Cape
    Card 2217
    Compiler 380
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1148
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		260
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		460
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		4000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		170
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		880
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2660
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		300
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		200
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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