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    Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

    Western Cape
    Card 509084
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32501812Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:15
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1447
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There were 6 Egyyptian Geese chicks. 2 Curlew Sandpipers in breeding plumage and 1 Caspain Tern Chick. Also found 1 intact white egg about the size of a Gannet's egg (dont know who the egg belongs to)
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2900
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2430
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1410
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1700
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		340
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		460
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		790
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		610
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		660
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		650
    272Phalarope, Red-necked
    (Phalaropus lobatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		380


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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