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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 4813
    Compiler 163
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1441
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		710
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		880
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		8640
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		190
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		640
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		670
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		670
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		40


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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