Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Nature's Valley (Groot River Estuary) (33592332)

    Western Cape
    Card 503525
    Compiler 5619
    Location code 33592332Nature's Valley (Groot River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 72
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Couldn't reach the upper reaches of the river as the mouth was open and the water level low. Close to high neap tide. This count followed 12 days of red tides affecting vast areas of the Southern Cape coast.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License