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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507415
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-07
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 470
    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 Very cold initially.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Patterson
     
    0H Thompson
     
    0L Teare (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		710
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		730
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		390
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Monday 08 December 2025 06:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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