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    Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (34201907)

    Western Cape
    Card 511887
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:20
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 213
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The Botvlei is extremely low. It was opened very late in October and it closed on the outgoing tide. I am concerned that the silting of the 2023 floods was not taken into account when it was decided to open the lagoon, i.e. it isn't as deep as it was previously.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Malan (Leader)
     
    0J. Parsons
     
    0M. Neser
     
    0R. Franzen
     
    0S. Snyman
     
    0T. Jonker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		320
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		380
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 22 March 2026 03:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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