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    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507405
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 229
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny with cloud; light breeze, stronger later in the morning.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Patterson
     
    0H Jones (Leader)
     
    0H Thompson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1270
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 01 November 2025 08:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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