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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape

    Card 511455
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 348
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Patterson
     
    0M. Monteith
     
    0P. Roux
     
    2315K. Drummond-Hay (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    690
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1270
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    150
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    90


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    Sunday 20 July 2025 10:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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