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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 4240
    Compiler 416
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2002-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 09:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1287
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		380
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		300
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		610
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		460
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		430
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6350
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1200
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		520
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		650
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		320
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Sunday 01 February 2026 08:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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