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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape

    Card 511457
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:35
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 300
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bot vlei is extremely high. Cold. Very few birds on the eastern shore towards Arabella
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Swart (Leader)
     
    0C. van Zyl
     
    0C.Britz
     
    0D. Engelbrecht
     
    0J. Momsen
     
    0L. Lamprecht
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    460
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    540
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    460
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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