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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape
    Card 508304
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 882
    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
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Britz
     
    0C. Cheetham
     
    0C. Swart (Leader)
     
    0D. Butchart
     
    0J. Parsons
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2810
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		560
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		730
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		870
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1040
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		570
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		330
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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