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    Berg River 7: Kliphoek River and Floodplain (32491813)

    Western Cape
    Card 511233
    Compiler 838
    Location code 32491813Berg River 7: Kliphoek River and Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:33
    End time 13:34
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 526
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1690
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		110
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		800
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Friday 30 January 2026 03:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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