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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 508934
    Compiler 12757
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats and Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 667
    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 The day started off windy and cool but turned out to be a warm and windy day.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ryan Marinus
     
    11044Linda du Plessis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		2000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		710
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		200
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		800
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		630
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		40


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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