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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 507640
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 878
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Became windy later on.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Crewe
     
    0E Simons
     
    0G Delius
     
    0H Thompson (Leader)
     
    0J Brink
     
    0J Kotsier
     
    0R Shuttleworth
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		620
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		520
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		890
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		80
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		610
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3570
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		560
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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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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