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Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (32531819)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
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
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax585.00224  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta167.93533250125190
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus17.0013   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata127.39160   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis99.009   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.9633   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.5514   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea320.0058   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.4143   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa25.008   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata33.504   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata220.7491   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba55.005   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia13.7811   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.7526   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis141.00243   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.704
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1120.00357   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2117.33320   
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.001   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus1216.5021
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca6114.54493   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis150.46445   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus44.004   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis16.6715   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia18.8634   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus22.002   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii113.0053   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus13.098   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.793
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus22.002
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.202   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.904   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.4719   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.914   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus120.2395   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus112.2539   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.6310   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.252
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.804
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus214.5967   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus14.3515   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax69.0012   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus112.8347   
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus11.001
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus112.6735   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula1616.0016   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius135.38513 500 
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.6011   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma22.754   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea189.13560  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis112.0049   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola1717.0017   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana126.75151   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii216.7860   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba126.11148 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus129.43229   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta3161.331373   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia1545.0075  1
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis13.107  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota33.504   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis131.36317   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha113.9471   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata55.005   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea106106.00106  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.1310   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo18.0015   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis2727.0027   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.334
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus3143.0055   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus24.507   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A121.0041
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis114.5860
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus3434.0034   
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