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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape
    Card 509907
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:20
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1157
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Britz
     
    0C. Britz (Leader)
     
    0C. van Zyl
     
    0E. Britz
     
    0K. Roxborough
     
    0L. Britz
     
    0M. Monteith
     
    2315K. Drummond-Hay
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		410
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		710
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		980
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		190
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		410
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		840
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		590
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		350
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		530
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Friday 09 January 2026 07:47
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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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