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    Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (34211907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507379
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34211907Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-07-02
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 348
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very cold to start with (3 degrees C) - warmed up once away from the chill factor off the water which had been weathered initially.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Patterson
     
    0L Teare
     
    0M McCall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		600
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		810
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		450
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		470
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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