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    Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (34211907)

    Western Cape
    Card 508987
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34211907Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-02-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 415
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Initially cloudy and windless. It cleared at about 09:00 and a SW wind began blowing, increasing in strength during the morning. The vlei has breached and water level was low.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Gray
     
    0M. Oosthuizen
     
    1354R Gray (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		760
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		530
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1490
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		950
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 10 January 2026 03:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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