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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 503994
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 2058
    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 The main body of the vlei was full due to the mouth being open for the spring high tide. The start time is not ideal for summer time. The weather was bright and sunny with a SE wind increasing by mid morning. Greg Morgan paddled the southern Marina canals south of the Park Island bridge.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		270
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9090
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7750
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1360
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		150
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		80


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    Friday 26 April 2024 03:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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