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

    Western Cape
    Card 507591
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 13:40
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1634
    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
    0German Montoya
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		550
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4890
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		170
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		410
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1350
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		490
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		500
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		280
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1350
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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