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    Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (32481810)

    Western Cape
    Card 504251
    Compiler 73
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-06-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:15
    End time 14:30
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2704
    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 Site is a mixture of salt evaporation ponds and river channel/saltmarsh. For ponds shoreline surveyed = 85% and open water = 100%
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		830
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3270
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		13430
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		400
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		550
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		310
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1070
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		4310
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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