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    Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (32481813)

    Western Cape
    Card 511810
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32481813Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 22
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 7Excessive livestock trampling/grazing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Veld heavily trampled by sheep. Rows and rows of planted Old Man Saltbush and young plants coming up in the next field. A huge pile of sand next to the Sishen Railway line where the are salt pans that counters are not able to access due to owner's reluctance at this stage.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    976Beverley Moll
     
    976Michiel Moll
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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