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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 509546
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-04-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:40
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 412
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to the wind there were very few birds to be seen in the main waterbody and most were sheltering else where. The Water Thick Knees at the scout base were not there as a scout camp was being erected on the grounds. There were 3 Spotted Thick Knees at the canoe club grounds as an incidental note, as well as a juvenile African Harrier Hawk scattering many garden bird species over the houses in lakeside adjacent to the yacht basin. The Southern Marina canals were counted by canoe thanks to Kyran and Catlin. The estuary mouth was closed with the dozer working at preparing levels for the high tide to trap the incoming tidal flow of seawater and also not letting any estuary water out. This is part of the "estuary mouth management" process at full moon and or new moon
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Bridget Sidubuyi
     
    0Catlin Melidonis
     
    0Dennis and Gigi Laidler
     
    0Felicity Ellmore
     
    0Jamy Friedricks
     
    0Kyran Wright
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Sipho Bitterhood
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1080
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		570
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		380
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		70
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		100
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		300
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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