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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 509887
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40
    End time 09:10
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 48
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "On arriving at the raiway bridge at about 08h30 there was a strong smell of sewerage in the air and then the presence of very dark turbid water flowing with some solid matter out of the Keysers River into the confluence under the bridge. This continued for as long as we were there for 30 minutes. About 8 Quemic security rangers arrived in a bakkie came to see what we were doing and made some notes on their phones. They then went to inspect the area where the illegal wood cutters were caught last week. The water flow at the surface was measured at 1 metre per 6 seconds under the bridge. We saw a hybrid Mallard female with 10 small chicks under the railway bridge and working their way up into the Keysers River in the reeds along the river bank (see photo). It was good to see a Black shouldered Kite hawking nearby. Note: No ZVNR staff were available to help with the count. The Westlake Wetlands and the Rutter Road Pond were not counted. "
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Manuel Recker (Visitor)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		110


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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