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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 504439
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-07-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:45
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 25
    Openwater covered 25
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 88
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes We were refused entry into Meerensee by the (white) security guard because we did not have the new yellow card and our identity documents. He knew nothing of the CWAC count and our argument that the authorities at Meerensee had sanctioned our entry did not carry weight.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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