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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape
    Card 8119
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-14
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1633
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		410
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		490
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		5000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1450
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		780
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		560
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1320
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		980
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		760
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		120
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    933Gull, Black-headed
    (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2000
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		60


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    Friday 09 January 2026 07:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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