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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 510567
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 136
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was very dark smelly (not raw sewage) flowing from Keysers River with water lettuce at 1 metre per 9 seconds under therailway bridge. The flow was unusual as we presumed the estuary mouth was closed as it is between new and full moon and there has been no rain for 3 months. There was no apparent flow from the Westlake River. The rivers are still flowing near to the mountains. I reported theh unusual smelly dark water to the relevant authories. Gigi got good photos of the purple Swamphen and Purple Heron in the wetlands when the train going to Fish Hoek Passed us.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Nophiwe
     
    0Zandile Kulati
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		590
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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