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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506363
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 928
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The sky was clear and sunny with a brisk SE wind, which has been blowing for weeks. An observation and deduction was that the birds were sheltering out of the wind or were else where at other waterbodies. The mouth of the estuary was closed. There was no flow of water at the railway bridge and the water level was about medium height around the shoreline. Barry and Val Cleveland did the northern canals and the night heron roost area by canoe. An incidental report - a lone Palm Swift amoungst a few other swifts and swallows was confirmed and is a first record for the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. This was seen near the jetty in the NW corner of the vlei by Joel Radue and Graham Pringle.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Barry and Val Cleveland
     
    0Beth Walker
     
    0David Walker
     
    0Gerald Starke
     
    0Joel Radue
     
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Neville Williams
     
    0Sue Wishart
     
    2603Nicola Smith
     
    11352Graham Donald Pringle
     
    14970Barry Parker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		190
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		700
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3540
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		760
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		470
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		60
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		1100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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