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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 504723
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:25
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 2073
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Low numbers generally but perhaps the evident reconstruction of the salt pans may have affected birds with some level of disturbance.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1620
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4070
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1090
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		3770
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		730
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		310
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		700
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1570
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		960
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		150
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2550
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		290
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		220
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		870


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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