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    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 510544
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:20
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 392
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Observation conditions good, but the flood damage is major, feeding grounds are either washed away and it is only bed rock or sand. Sand has been deposited on top of feeding grounds. Very few waders or any other birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Malan (Leader)
     
    0J. Parsons
     
    0J. Shapland-Smit
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		720
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		60
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		550
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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