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

    Western Cape
    Card 506574
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:30
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 51209
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    20001Michael Brooks
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		110
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		500000
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		340
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		300
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2650
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		4320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1030
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		330
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		330
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		450
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		350
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		550


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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