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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506750
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-10-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1165
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The weather was ideal and unusual based on previous October counts for the last 10 years. There was no wind, the sky clear with very high hazy clouds and the air was cool becoming quite warm. A cold front was passing out to sea and the wind direction was forecast to be W during the morning swinging to the SE by midday. Mid morning a slight SE breeze picked up over the main waterbody rippling the surface. Barry and Val Cleveland counted the northern Marina canals and the night heron roost area by canoe. The Black shouldered Kites are doing well again this year. A pair were hawking over the floodplain just north of the Reserve. Another pair were attending to their nest at 07h30. The water flow under the railway bridge was 1 metre in 8 seconds, with the mouth of the estuary closed. The bulldozer was on the beach to begin the estuary mouth opening process for the new moon in a few days time. A general observation there were very few birds in the air or in the main waterbody for unknown reasons, in what seemed like ideal bird conditions. The barometer readings were rising at the time, indicating clear weather.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Barry and Val Cleveland
     
    0Barry Parker
     
    0Dave and Joan Walker
     
    0Eric Rautenbach
     
    0Joule Radue
     
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Sue Wishart
     
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		120
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		290
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1080
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		440
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		640
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		470
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		80
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1540
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		180
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		70
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		180


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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