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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 505435
    Compiler 11044
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 653
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Kids playing in the marshes at the Hide.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2267Margaret Maciver
     
    10147Eddie du Plessis
     
    13375Tony Serrao
     
    14165Vivian Marais
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		300
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		880
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2070
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		480
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		110
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		90
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		70
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		200


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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