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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 501176
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-04-15
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1440
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Channel (Night Herons) not counted - no canoe ( Angus Hemp not available) Extra helpers aided count.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Brian Herman
     
    0Calvin Nelson
     
    0Gavin Lawson
     
    0laura McGwin
     
    0Marisa De Kock
     
    0Romeo Paulse
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		100Possibly Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		340
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		140
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		11830
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		360
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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