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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 783
    Compiler 81
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 1996-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:20:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 678
    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)    		240
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		180
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1190
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		80
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		500
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		330
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		100
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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