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

    Western Cape
    Card 9417
    Compiler 1899
    Location code 32481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (now Cape Salt Company) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45:00 AM
    End time 10:30:00 AM
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1043
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		260Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		660
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1760
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		310
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3270
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1570
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		790
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		260


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    Friday 31 October 2025 02:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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