CWAC | Coordinated Waterbird Counts

Home
About us
Contact us
Aims & Protocol
BIRDIE
Docs & Forms
Sites - List
Species - List

Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (32481810)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information	SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards	Click here

Information
Date_registered
1994-01-16
Brief_description
An IBA. The lower reaches and mouth of the Berg River, incorporating the open estuary, mudflats and lagoon, various saltpans, permanent marshes and riparian reedbeds, floodplains at Kruispad, Langrietvlei and Kersfontein, the Kliphoek River, and Doornfontein pan. A very important wetland system, with large concentrations of many waterbird species in summer and winter, with globally significant numbers of seven species, nationally significant numbers of six more, and large counts of White Pelican, cormorants, ibises, waterfowl, Blacksmith Plover, Avocet and terns. Saltpans are being enlarged at the expense of mud flats and reedbeds (Kliphoek). Other important threats include boating, water- skiing, dam construction (Kliphoek River), and gill net fishing; there is some pollution and hunting.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	16.57	88
255		Calidris alba	5	87.67	249
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	47.18	172		125
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	77.00	240
49	Cormorant, Bank	Phalacrocorax neglectus	2	2.00	2
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	3407.75	50600	5500	2750	3000
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	1	24.40	53	53	26
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	16.65	192
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	13.87	64
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	1.71	3
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.24	35
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	2	2.00	2
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	2.00	2
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	6.64	45
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	5	5.00	5
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	12.20	41
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	2.14	5
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	2	2.00	2
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	40	456.81	1416	1250	625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	393.90	2132			600
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	4.25	10
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	9	13.00	17
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	12.18	54
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	5.56	19
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	109.39	553	250	125	240
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	2.94	14
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	8.33	29
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	12.86	134
2062	Gull, Great Black-backed	Larus marinus	35	35.00	35
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	3.00	6
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	3	152.27	581	250	125	300
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	4	76.85	327	300	150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	6.91	117
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	13.92	48
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.71	5
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	43.78	311
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	63.50	281
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	2.00	3
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	4.84	15
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	1	3.33	8
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	14.40	36
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	2.00	3
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.33	5
70	Night Heron, White-backed	Gorsachius leuconotus	2	2.00	2
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.20	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	14.03	72
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	1	8.58	43
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	26.71	400
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	11.10	49
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	37.67	290
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.15	20
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	5.68	21
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	1.00	1
261	Redshank, Common	Tringa totanus	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	12.83	41
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	69.67	430
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	4.90	23
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.00	1
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	3.44	19
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	4.95	18
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	12.38	40
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	13	67.76	268
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	79.55	302
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	27.52	211
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	7.56	35
294	Tern, Arctic	Sterna paradisaea	2	11.00	20
903	Tern, Black	Chlidonias niger	1	1.00	1
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	3.82	14
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	93.43	937
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	57.49	1500	500	250	200
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	2	20.00	57
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	31.62	266
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	13	13.00	13
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	4	19.00	60
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	1.33	2
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	5.50	12
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	7.40	11
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	21	24.50	28
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	22.55	60
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	6.43	23

Saturday 21 December 2024 06:29
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

This website uses cookies to track and manage data. By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.

What are cookies

When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.

Email:	CS/ADU no:	Password:
			Forgot/Reset password

Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (32481810)

Western Cape

Information