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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 508592
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-07-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 674
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There were many fishermen along shores fishing & harvesting bait making the very poor birding conditions even worse
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Odendal (leader)
     
    0C. Trumpellman
     
    0F Spratt
     
    0K Madgwick
     
    0R van der Merwe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		400
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		2300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		420
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		280
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		320
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		800
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		650
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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