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Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

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
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.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.502
255Calidris alba129.71129   
256Calidris pugnax134.92250  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta114.8365   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1665.094298 2500 
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis116.06174   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus22.002   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus022.77123   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.91116   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.502
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea1515.0015   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata111.6243   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa07.6037   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.5177.50350
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata357.62390   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta211.4546   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.8022   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.443
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1581.3518181250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1315.562967  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica110.8025   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca111.2952   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis17.7341   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis29.7520   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus12.605   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.4417   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia188.13375   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus18.1771   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii130.17218 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus129.14252 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.323
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.956   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.8921   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.785   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.41119   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus119.82100   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.0031   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.332
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.252
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis19.2833
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus118.33117   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.335   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax88.008   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.092
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus112.6764   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus112.8348   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula136.25279   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola135.60336   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius140.58166   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.8230   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus112.0030   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.533-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos168.80202  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1926.156202 3750
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis111.7671   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.502 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.674   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana239.15284 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii118.60241 175 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba126.44107 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus150.95188   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta4314.841240   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.225  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis120.92259   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha23.406   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea11.001  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.9829  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo143.23341   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii14.3220   
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis66.006   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons11.403   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis112.6243   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A361530.674500
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus13.097   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.672   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres15.2015   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A2168.44500
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.6328
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus119.6798   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 03:59
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