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    Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (32481810)

    Western Cape
    Card 503564
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30
    End time 13:50
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1351
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very high temperatures (39-40C)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		370
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		970
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4610
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1930
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		730
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		950
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		500
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		640
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		440
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		90
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		70
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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