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    Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (34211907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507628
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34211907Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 477
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clear & sunny with a light Easterly breeze. Thick reed cover near bridge over Afdaks river hampers visibility.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Miller
     
    0Anke Gray
     
    1354R Gray
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		490
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		430
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		620
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		30
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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