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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 511886
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1091
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water levels were extremely low and terns were roosting way in distance-impossible to distinguish species. Viewing was also hazy most of the morning.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Patterson
     
    0M. Monteith
     
    0P. Roux
     
    0W. Richards
     
    2315K. Drummond-Hay (Leader)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1460
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		620
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200Possibly Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		230
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		250
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2380
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1510
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		1510


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    Wednesday 01 April 2026 10:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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