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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 503068
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 746
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was a light squall shower for 5 minutes from the north west. The clouds were breaking up allowing sunlight through. The southern Marina channels (south of Park Island bridge) were not counted. The Coot were not in the usual numbers regularly seen. In the yacht basin a family were feeding a group of mallard, mallard hybrid, domestic duck and egyptain geese. 2 photos are attached. A rainbow appeared when counting which gives an indication of the sky at about 10h45. Greather and Lesser (full breeding plumage) Flamingo were present in the "narrows" (area west of Thesens bridge). Also Avocet present. There were larger numbers present eariler when Lee Vesty drove past. We found a dead young Cape Cormorant in the gutter of the Royal Road bridge. There was a good outflowat the mouth as it was low tide. The silting up of the area from the weir to beyond the second corner is evident. The sand banks are becoming more exposed, which in past years were not as evident.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		670
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1750
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2722Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		810
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		420
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		20
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		20


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 08:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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