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

    Western Cape
    Card 2751
    Compiler 502
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 1999-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:20:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 615
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		220
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		930
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		240
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		460
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		160
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		980
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		230
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		190
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		240
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		310
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		90


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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