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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 506588
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:50
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1721
    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 Drought conditions prevail in surrounding farmlands and scrub. High salinity of water in river pushing further and further upstream. Less fresh water birds seen i.e. Red-knobbed Coot, Common Moorhen, Yellow-billed Duck, Cape Shoveler etc
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		910
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		410
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4800
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2320
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		930
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		550
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		660
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		260
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		130
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		320
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    1039Plover, Pacific Golden
    (Pluvialis fulva)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1300


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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