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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape

    Card 500458
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-11-08
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:30
    End time 08:10
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 1268
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes An artificial breach of the lagoon took place on 29 August 2008. Cool wind surface of the water very choppy in places.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Ruger
     
    0P. Palmer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    241Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    200
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    10780
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    470
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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