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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 504006
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-10-20
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:15
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 446
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes SE wind cleared the sky of the larger clouds. We saw a large splash in the main waterbody, presumed to be a leervis jumping near the Yacht Club basin. The water was turbid and muddy in the main body down to the sand prawn beds before Thesens footbridge. At the rubble weir the outflow was strong, the full width of the channel and the tide appeared to be near low. No counts were done in the Marina channels this quarter.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		180
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1841Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		420
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		290
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		210
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		270
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		100
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		90


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    Tuesday 16 April 2024 06:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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