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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507401
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-07-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:52
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 567
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Parked at Yacht Club and low lagoon allowed us to walk all the way to Meerensee. Conditions cold to start with, but turned out to be a beautiful day, no wind. Unfortunately, people were walking dogs !!
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C Malan (Leader)
     
    0C Rombeck
     
    0I Glen
     
    0P Combrink
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		780
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		470
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1390
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		810
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Monday 08 December 2025 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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