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    Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (32481813)

    Western Cape
    Card 503644
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32481813Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 08:45
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 87
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bloody hot. Three pleasure boats passed leaving no wake.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		410
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 December 2025 09:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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