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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507384
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 295
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Windy; water level low
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H Thompson
     
    0M Monteith
     
    0N Potgieter
     
    0R Shuttleworth (Leader)
     
    0W Meanly
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		540
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		260
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		210
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		240
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Monday 08 December 2025 06:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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