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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 511138
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:07
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 874
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 24Development/housing/resorts
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Access towards the Sishen railway line is difficult because it is fenced off and some owners have serious security.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    976Beverley Moll
     
    2194Eric Hermann
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		00
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		6750
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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