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    Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

    Western Cape
    Card 506846
    Compiler 106
    Location code 32481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 11:55
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 971
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to time of morning and angle of sun, first hour or so tricky into the sun. This is the lowest Summer count at this site since I started in 1995!
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		230
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1640
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		490
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		370
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		690
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2150
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		470
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		840
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		460
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		380
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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