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    Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (32471809)

    Western Cape
    Card 505434
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 709
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		2240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		320
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		450
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		630
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1250
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		600
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		40


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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