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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 504504
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 13:20
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1579
    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
    Notes This was the second lowest summer count since I started, reason perhaps is Salt Works are now in full production on many pans on the eastern side (disturbance), but four pans on the extreme western side were dry (no birds). The section of bank, directly on the river, north of the now delapidated jetty, where in the past several pairs of Pied Kingfishers had bred was so erroded (from wash of boats travelling too fast) that not even a kingfisher was seen. Equally odd, no coots on the river.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		320
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		440
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		730
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1420
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4330
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		480
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1650
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		150
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		300


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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