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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 509842
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-11-05
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:45
    End time 09:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 201
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes With not a breath of wind to start with the lagoon was like a mirror which made for easy monitoring but the downside was that the lagoon was very full with very little and in some places no shoreline for waders and roosting gulls and terns.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Kotze
     
    0L. Teare (Leader)
     
    0M. Lombard
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		100
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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