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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 500066
    Compiler 73
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 9059
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes Unidentified Terns - huge flock roosting on exposed mudflats in centre of the site. Too faraway even with scope to get positive ID, but possibly majority (80%) of them were Common Terns, although other species could possibly have been present. Heathaze also prevented us from getting clear views of birds.
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    0D. Harebottle
     
    0Y. Barshep
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		220
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		300
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		360
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		310
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		600
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		700
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		400
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		29570
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2830
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		350
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		2310
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		370
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		460
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		600
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		45000


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 07:09
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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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