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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 9192
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08.00.00
    End time 12.07.00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 629
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		270
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		750
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		560
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		760
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		820
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		660
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		610
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		390
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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