Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507407
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 522
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some cloud, light breeze, strengthening later
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C Malan (Leader)
     
    0C Rombeck
     
    0C Swart
     
    0D Butchart
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		550Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		580Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30Possibly Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130Probably Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10Possibly Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10Probably Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90Probably Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260Possibly Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		440Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1230
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Monday 27 October 2025 10:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License