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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 510845
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:10
    End time 12:50
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 667
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Conditions were testing due to the previous week's storms, heavy rain and flooding. Several areas of salt pans and river shoreline were not accessible. We even go stuck at one pont and had to be rescued by Jan Kotze (the farmer) with his tractor. Also during the course of the morning intermittent rain reduced visibility, although the morning at the start was bright and clear. All this contributed to what is the lowest winter count on this section since I started in 1995. NOTE: the totals did not automatically update, I put them in manually, someone should double check the figures. Notable absence... no terns, no herons.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		710
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2140
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1550
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		470
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Wednesday 30 October 2024 11:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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