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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 500460
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:20
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 745
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The water levels were still very low enabling us to walk to within 30 metres of the reeds around the the Arabella Golf Green situated right on the lagoons edge. The moisture in the mud however indicated that the water level had been a good few metres higher but it had subsided again to the narrow channel observed in November 2008. See my detailed report posted on the Cape and Tygerberg Birdnets for further comments.
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    0M. Demaio
     
    0P. Combrink
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		430
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1770
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		231Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1010
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2580
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		230
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		20


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    Wednesday 28 January 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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