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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 505519
    Compiler 838
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 8:15
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 1146
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Kerry Foce
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		21
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		92
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		53
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		16
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		4
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		6
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		3
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		56
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		35
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		8
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		26
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		18
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		1
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		1
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		4
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		43
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		7
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		18
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		148
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		12
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		3
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		9
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		93
    272Phalarope, Red-necked
    (Phalaropus lobatus)    		2
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		6
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		14
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		7
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		7
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		5
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		6


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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