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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 4491
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2002-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:35:00
    End time 15:50:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 1704
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		3200
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2450
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		640
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		260
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		420
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		270
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		481Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		250
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		360
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		710
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		295100Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		50


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