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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 504431
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 494
    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 Pelicans & Storks found on sandbank below inlet from Bot River. Verified that no double counting of these species was done between Teams A1 and C
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		700
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		530
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		580
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		140
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		290
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1700
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 11:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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