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    Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (34211907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507765
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34211907Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-07-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 245
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cloudy, visibility poor at times, temperature about 13 degrees C, wind gusty and strong enough to raise whitecaps on the water, difficult to keep scope steady.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anke Gray
     
    1354Rodney Gray (leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		530
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		670
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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