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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 504433
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 98
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1761
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wat levelvery low once past Fisherhaven small boat jetty. Some of us, except for the drivers, walked all the way around to Meerense. Highlight & Lifer for a few people: an Osprey. Of the 180 Kittlitz's Plovers, 109 were counted in one sopt on the mud flats just before rounding the corner to the larger houses (Nida's area) at Meerensee.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		570
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		160
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		620
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1800
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1020
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4320
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2350
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		230
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		720
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1350
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Monday 08 December 2025 06:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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