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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape

    Card 504503
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-03-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:40
    End time 13:10
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 4736
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Salt Works now back in production, working on Sunday! Few birds in most easterly section of works.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    780
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    40
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    380
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    90
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    9490
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    1450
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    710
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    430
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    350
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    620
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    540
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    370
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2990
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    9230
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    400
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    130
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1040
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    830
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    9980Possibly Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    120
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    3200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    960
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    190
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1450


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