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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 509905
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 898
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Conditions moderate - pretty windy most of the count with choppy water. Water levels still a bit high in places resulting in far fewer wading birds and ducks. Large flock of mixed gulls and terns at the top end of the Meerensee side of the lagoon; mostly kelp gulls going by gizz & colouring. Also, a flock of mixed terns - too far away to split.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Patterson
     
    0C. Grobler
     
    0L. Teare (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		320
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1400
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		300
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1800
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		3500


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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