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Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
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Date_registered
1993-01-16
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.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
255Calidris alba12.004   
256Calidris pugnax121.59110  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta147.89415250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1218.871344   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis128.95580   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus321.0039 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus116.7375   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus112.3448   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea22.002   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata13.8928   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa111.8153   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.111111.00111
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata123.4093   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.8134   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis18.2522   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus4340.16949 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1260.751050  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica115.31156   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa22.503 
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus46.259
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca112.02128   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis17.0022   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis2257.54837250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.674   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.2020   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia131.38163   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.187   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii495.22998250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1161.58270 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.363
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.049   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.0020   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.574   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.32149   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus19.6236   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.6312   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis211.1626
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus17.5014   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus230.08164   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid12.253
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.222   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.363
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus111.9550   
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus13.637
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus234.73184  130
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula137.26187   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola140.04247   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius246.91147   
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva33.003
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.2037   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus17.7138   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.252-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.785  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1415.024915 3750
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.9340   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana115.14122   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii115.73158   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.1160   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus9119.46334   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1252.471086   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.934  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis381.29442   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha24.888   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia18.1143  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo123.96301   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1185.846700500250200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons16.8022   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis136.83400   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A627.2551
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus123.82131   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.333   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres110.8555   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1213.031738
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis118.58158
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus19.6061   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:02
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