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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 500456
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-11-08
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:40
    End time 11:05
    Shoreline covered 1
    Openwater covered 1
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 4639
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The mouth was breached manually on 29 August 2008 and is still open. The breach was done to the southern side of the sand bar between the vlei and the sea, and it seems that it will not close very soon. Very few birds have stayed after the breach.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0E. la Cock
     
    0H. Thompson
     
    0N. Potgieter
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1390
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		22750
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20580
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		870
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Monday 08 December 2025 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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