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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 500453
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1579
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Lagoon filled up to the extent that it is difficult to walk all along the shoreline. We had to do a bit of bundu bashing to get up to the tar road as we couldnt get past the security fence of Benguela Cove. We then had to walk all along the tar road to Benguela Cove and drive back to the security fence to resume our count. This is not the ideal situation as one loses control over the movements of birds during the time spent walking to get to the other side.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		830
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		370
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1090
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1350
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		5350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		710
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		620
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1940
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		520
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1400
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		80


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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