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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 509903
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:37
    End time 10:39
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1263
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Hot with a slight breeze. Water level still to high to get past the fence. The team was split into two; one counted from Bridge to Fence, the other from Fence to Benguela Cove jetty.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0E. Kotze (Leader)
     
    0J. Blignaut
     
    0L. van Wyk
     
    0M. Blignaut
     
    0P. van Zyl
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		280
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		330
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1290
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		900
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		420
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		400
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		170
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3470
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		410
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		430
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Thursday 20 November 2025 03:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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