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    Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (32471809)

    Western Cape
    Card 501868
    Compiler 163
    Location code 32471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-03-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 10553
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		160
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		540
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		84510
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		360
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		180
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1350
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		170
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1370
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5300
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10700
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		90
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		40


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    Tuesday 28 October 2025 10:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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