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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 500994
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 1152
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Great to see so much water in the lagoon again - albeit that the level was too high for us to walk around the Benguela Cove boundary fence. 120 of the Egyptian Geese indicated were counted on the farmland on the opposite side of the main road into Hermanus and a floatilla of 180 Reed Cormorants may have also been counted by the Arabella Team - these were spotted at about 12h00. Botriviervlei and Kleinmond Estuary has breached naturally on Tuesday morning 14 July.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Patterson
     
    0D. Andrag
     
    0L. Teare
     
    0R. Shuttleworth
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		90
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		510
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		5350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1460
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		900
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1740
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		260
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 18 April 2024 02:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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