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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 501910
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1090
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes After 09h30 the wind from SE was cold and blowing at about 30 - 45kph (there is a beaufort scale at the yacht club). The main waterbody had few visible birds present, they were sheltering out of the wind. There was lots of red bait washed into the estuary which was on the shores, around the 2 bend from the mouth, near to the old Zandvlei bowling green. One dead gull in the estaury near Thesens Bridge. Hartlaubs and Kelp Gulls with a Whitebreasted Cormorant were chasing small fish near Thesens Bridge. The Marina channels south of the Park Island bridge were done by Alice Ashwell in a canoe. She recorded 2 Little Grebe juveniles in the Marina channels, also 2 Hadeda Ibis chicks in a nest in the Marina.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		320Probably Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		200Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		940
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		320
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1090Possibly Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4070Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		200
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1000
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		990
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		230
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		530


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 03:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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