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    Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (34221905)

    Western Cape
    Card 511891
    Compiler 1354
    Location code 34221905Botriviervlei: D Rooisand area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 472
    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 Botrivier vlei - water level extremely low. Warm day
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Jooste
     
    0C. Swart (Leader)
     
    0F. Sokolic
     
    0S. Brooks
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		910
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		90
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1650
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    Sunday 05 April 2026 09:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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