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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 3179
    Compiler 416
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 988
    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
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		70
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		190
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		5260
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		380
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		350
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		470
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230


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