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

    Western Cape
    Card 509612
    Compiler 107
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 13309
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 23Salt works
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cape cormorants roosting on the salt pan's causeways: 10000 to 20000 birds, perhaps more!
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    4819Ralf Mullers
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2580
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		590
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		14160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		4960
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2000
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		360
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1560
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		320
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2500
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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