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    Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)

    Western Cape
    Card 507595
    Compiler 45
    Location code 32521815
    Start date 2019-02-03
    Season S
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 137
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 1
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes The river level was fairly high, with few feeding areas available along the banks. This would account for the low number of both migrant and resident waders present.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		300


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 04:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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