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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape

    Card 511562
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1466
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 23Salt works
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Salt pan embankments along the river edge have been raised.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Carol-Anne Adams
     
    0Gasan Moses
     
    976Beverley Moll
     
    2194Eric Hermann
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    1540
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    270
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    210
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    3190
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    2780
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    450
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    430
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    20
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    710
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    330
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1530
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1090
    272Phalarope, Red-necked
    (Phalaropus lobatus)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    430


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 03:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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