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    Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

    Western Cape
    Card 511161
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 12:18
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 568
    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
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D. Roberts
     
    0E. Kotze (Leader)
     
    0K. Keswa
     
    0L. Roberts
     
    0M. Vallely
     
    0P. Keswa
     
    0P. van Zyl
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		950Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		340
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		600
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		950
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		420
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Wednesday 28 January 2026 02:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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