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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 504716
    Compiler 838
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-03-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 661
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		100
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		70
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		480
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		620
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		490
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		480
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1610
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 01:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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