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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 4826
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-01-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 585
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		310Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2850Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		960
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		120
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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