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    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 504500
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 179
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Arabella Golf Course could not be counted owing to security constraints. The area from the old stables to the edge of the golf course was counted. List of that count will be attached below in the Notes section but included in the total count. The numbers can then be extracted if required.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40


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    Thursday 06 November 2025 04:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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