Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape

    Card 504437
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-07-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 692
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Counted mostly from car as a result of pouring rain. Visibility often poor. Waterlevel had risen substantially but still far from full. Water quite muddy.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    990
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    350
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    2610
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    430
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    120
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1820
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)
    20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License