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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 504469
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 917
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Unusual cloudy, cold, drizzly weather for Summer time in the Western Cape, but it cleared by 10h00. A light south-westerly wind was blowing, but had no adverse effect on our count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		150
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		180
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		720
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		340
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1970
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3830
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		400
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Friday 26 April 2024 10:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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