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

Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (32521819)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards Click here
   

Information 

Date_registered
1997-01-26
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
256Calidris pugnax13.7512  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta125.56121   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata126.25350   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis16.6560   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.5915   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus16.6718   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea110.6062   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.3523   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa44.004   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.17.2519
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata88.008   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata17.4726   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.003   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia15.5010   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.7647   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis06.6744   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.623
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1242.7314301250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor12377.111500  600
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.503
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca261.15401   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis123.41204   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis33.504   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.7319   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia18.7550   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii110.0051   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus117.46175 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.252
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.202   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.894   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.318   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.865   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus143.81291   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus216.0088   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5012   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.169
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus2727.0027   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus19.4828   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.835   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.003   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.142
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus18.9580   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus12.004   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula14.0011   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola33.003   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius19.4047   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.005   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus13.609   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.335  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea150.78350  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis26.0010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana129.13250 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii113.3048   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.003   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.0042   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus111.23104   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta151.53460   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.713  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis124.54320   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha231.50172   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia112.462111356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo12.556   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii11.382   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons11.502   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis12.003   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus12.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A18.5030
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.0218
FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:02
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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