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    Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (32471809)

    Western Cape
    Card 503570
    Compiler 1449
    Location code 32471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1073
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny. 38 degrees C wind light 10km .
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		250
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		310
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		770
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		190
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		160
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		460
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1490
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2760
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1260
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		690
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1010
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		40


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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