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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 509284
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-10-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 741
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "Thank you to Darren Hare who counted the Maina northern canals and the night heron roost by canoe today. The weather was forecast to rain and turn cold during the count this morning. A fresh wind was blowing from the north when we started and sqawls of rain showers moved across the vlei. We did not get too wet. There were 3 Spotted Thick knees in the grass outside the main gate area and a pair of Pied Crows dive bombing anyone standing about. They must have a nest nearby. The Flamingos arrived at zandvlei this week. During the count there was excitement that a Bronze Manakin was present, which would have been another first record for the Reserve. On closer inspection of Sue Gie's photos at home, it turned out to be a juvenile Pintail Whydah. Something evident based on previous years is the lack of spawning carp. We used to hear what sounded like ""crocodiles splashing about"" in the upper regions of the vlei in October, the spawning month. The carp are not present in the Rutter Road Pond as the salinity has pushed back up the rivers."
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Bronwyn Allison
     
    0Darren Hare
     
    0David and Joan Walker
     
    0Dennis and Gigi Laidler
     
    0Felicity Ellmore
     
    0Gerald Starke
     
    0Gill Ainslie
     
    0Heather Davies
     
    0John Child
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Loraine McGibbon
     
    0Rizalle Thomas
     
    0Susan Gie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		550
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		720
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		290
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1520
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1470
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1080
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		150


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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