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    Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

    Western Cape
    Card 504494
    Compiler 58
    Location code 34221907Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 1645
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Tide was very low but sand was sodden - difficult to get close enough.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2760
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		310
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		630
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		310
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		120
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		5530
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2180
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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