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

    Western Cape
    Card 5468
    Compiler 163
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 3113
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		560
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		7400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		230
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3400
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		350
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		550
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		210
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		80
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		2490
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		490
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1700Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1760Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1180
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		9370
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170Confirmed Breeding


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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