Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 501726
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1442
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Moderate SE wind. Solid waste in lower vlei from beach/braai areas (plastic, carboard etc.)
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7900
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		890
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		70
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		50


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License