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Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information	SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1994-01-16
Brief_description
An IBA. The lower reaches and mouth of the Berg River, incorporating the open estuary, mudflats and lagoon, various saltpans, permanent marshes and riparian reedbeds, floodplains at Kruispad, Langrietvlei and Kersfontein, the Kliphoek River, and Doornfontein pan. A very important wetland system, with large concentrations of many waterbird species in summer and winter, with globally significant numbers of seven species, nationally significant numbers of six more, and large counts of White Pelican, cormorants, ibises, waterfowl, Blacksmith Plover, Avocet and terns. Saltpans are being enlarged at the expense of mud flats and reedbeds (Kliphoek). Other important threats include boating, water- skiing, dam construction (Kliphoek River), and gill net fishing; there is some pollution and hunting. The Kruispad section comprises river shoreline as well as seasonal floodplains. The section is surveyed on foot.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	2	18.88	74
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	12.63	51
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	5.90	23
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	2	9.00	22
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	11.17	55
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	9.85	155		130
216	Crane, Blue	Grus paradisea	2	5.33	11
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	10.45	115
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	2	2.00	2
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	7.00	16
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	3.67	7
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	39.89	247
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.33	3
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	5.70	30
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	0	4.78	22
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	8.39	33
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.93	5
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	93.11	621
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	37.11	84
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	26	28.67	30
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	33.56	402
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	24.18	299
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	2.00	2
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.00	1
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	2.40	7
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	4.83	33
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	1.00	1
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	9.04	129	125
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	5.55	104
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.63	9
169	Harrier, Black	Circus maurus	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.29	3
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.82	6
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.50	3
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.85	5
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	2	2.00	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	19.63	230
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	8.71	27
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	3.13	10
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.17	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.91	9
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	13.28	44
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	2.17	7
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.71	15
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.33	2
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	5.85	51
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	23	23.00	23
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	2.50	4
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	2	2.00	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	11.17	41
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.17	11
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	4.33	8
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.00	1		-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.67	3
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	18.56	114
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	1.83	4
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.11	20
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	18.54	125
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	19	19.00	19
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	21.61	76
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.60	5
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	11.59	144	75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	3	26.77	149
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	41.61	286
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.42	3
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	23.81	168
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	11.14	48
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	3.67	43		20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	5.29	30
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	2.79	8
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	2	2.00	2
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	2.00	4
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	3.50	6
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.00	3
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	3.50	4
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	7.10	48
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	1.00	1

Friday 30 January 2026 07:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)

Western Cape

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