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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 509415
    Compiler 21710
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 12:42
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1474
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clear and sunny, with a mild wind
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    838Marius Wheeler
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1470
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3740
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1150
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		530
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		1003Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1910
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		330
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1050
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1630
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		91Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		220
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		190
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Friday 31 October 2025 08:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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