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    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507388
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 404
    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 Lovely day - a light breeze, strengthening slightly.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H Jones
     
    0H Thompson
     
    0I van der Westhuizen
     
    0K Drummond-Hay (Leader)
     
    0L de Kock
     
    0M Oosthuizen
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2340
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		90
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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