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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 504507
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:25
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 5264
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wind started to gust very strong at about 2/3rds through the count and hampered counting
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		180
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3870
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		5490
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		460
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2030
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		350
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		2330
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		480
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		25620
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4570
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		240
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1290
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		610
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1480
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		130
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1400


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