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    Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (32471809)

    Western Cape
    Card 504728
    Compiler 10147
    Location code 32471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:25
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 18717
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		182700
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		270
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		760
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		450
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1190
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		220


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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