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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 503971
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-04-19
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 674
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather sunny, clear sky, SE breeze. Mouth of the vlei closed and water level high. There was about 40cm of water above the sand bar along the "narrows" (1st bend to 2nd bend). The water was clear and as an indicator it could be fresh all the way down to Thesens bridge, was the presence of a single Coot and a Purple Heron in the reeds next to the bridge. This is not a common occurence. Saw a flock of 40 Cape Cormorants off the mouth of Zandvlei close to the promenade walkway. An general observation there were very few birds flying around in the air above the water body or inland of the vlei.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		120
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		700
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2210Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		340
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		340
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		500
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		1040


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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