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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 509429
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 875
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Shoreline had many dead fish from Merensee to Fisherhaven.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Patterson
     
    0G. Kotze
     
    0M. Monteith
     
    2315K. Drummond-Hay (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		310
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2460
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2600
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		280
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		410
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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