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

    Western Cape
    Card 506834
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20
    End time 11:17
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1281
    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
    20001Brooks, Michael
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		140
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		230
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		290
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		250
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		250
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		350
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3610
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		510
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		420
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1190
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		790
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1880
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		100
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		420


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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