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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape

    Card 6704
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 14:40:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 3714
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Initially very misty, first hour slow on area below the Saldanha Railway bridge.Of the total Lesser Flamingos, 128 were juveniles.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    890
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    80
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    9260
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    6510
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    121Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    9880
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    980
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    270
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    450
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    210
    265Godwit, Black-tailed
    (Limosa limosa)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1050
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    780
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    710
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    3400
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    160Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    320


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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