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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape

    Card 511818
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 3464
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 23Salt works
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    7200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    110
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    300
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    3920
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    720
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    190
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    3480
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2980
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1330
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    130
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    710
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    310
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    610
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    330
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    130
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    60
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    530
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    9000


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    Friday 30 January 2026 06:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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