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

    Western Cape
    Card 3946
    Compiler 1229
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1942
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		5530
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		180
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		194Probably Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		7610Possibly Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1040
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		822Probably Breeding
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		230
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		22315Probably Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		280


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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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