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

    Western Cape
    Card 504699
    Compiler 73
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:35
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 5988
    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 Salt pans were full. Pools in salt marsh were drying up and estuary was at low tide. Light wind blowing to begin with but got stronger towards the end of the count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		460
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2030
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		170
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		640
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		560
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2970
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		640
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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