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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 500522
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-10-22
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 121
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mouth closed - pans connected to vlei very full.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F.Howa
     
    0M.De Kock
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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