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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 509181
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-08-07
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:03
    End time 11:56
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 79
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 304
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very misty up to 09:30
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D. Janse van Vuuren
     
    0E. Kotze
     
    0M. Manzoni
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		270
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		470
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		250
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Wednesday 28 January 2026 02:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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