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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 507131
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 935
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The preceding 4 days have been the typical ""Indian summer"" berg wind conditions of high warm temperatures for mid winter day and nights. This morning was slightly cooler with a heavy dew on the grass. There was very high cloud cover and no wind with a beautiful orange sky sun rise just before 08h00. A SE breeze started to blow at about 10h00 it was a partly sunny and bright day. The estuary mouth was still open, with the water level quite low. The water was flowing at 1 metre per 10 seconds under the railway bridge. The sand banks were very exposed up to the 2nd bend from the estuary mouth. Just the very tips of the rubble weir were visible above the sand, if you know where to look in the canal at Royal Road bridge. Angus, Frances and Marge counted the north and south Marina canals and the night heron roost by canoe and peddle boat. There were pods of Greater Flamingo with the total of 123 down at the northern end of the main water body and their gaggling sound could be heard clearly. There was a dead Vlei Rat along the pathway near the railway bridge."
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Angus Hemp
     
    0Elsa Hoffmann
     
    0Felicity Ellmore
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		610
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		490
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		130
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		200
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		340
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		830
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		220
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		580
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		3090
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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