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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 507614
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 14:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1923
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Tide must have been Neap as water level did not drop sufficiently low enough to expose some of the mud banks in the river. Also salt works numbers quite low, this may be due to much evidence of mining activity and work on the pans.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Karen Wilson
     
    0Simon Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		80
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		430
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2450
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		330
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		670
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		600
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4230
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4540
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		710
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		40
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		220
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		430
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		810
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		610
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		350
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		170
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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