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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 504375
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 471
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cloudy, rained but cleared later
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2500
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		290
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		320
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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