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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 505379
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 55
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 47
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather clear sky, sunny light SE breeze. The preceding days of the week the wind had been very strong SE. Most of the birds were sheltering out of the windy areas. The mouth of the estuary was closed, with no flow from the confluence of the Westlake and Keysers Rivers under the railway bridge into Zandvlei. The seasonal pans were completely dry and there were very few visible birds except for swifts and swallows hawking insects. The water weed in the Westlake River and the blind canal appears to be dead eaten by the biocontrol insects released last year on the plants. Mexican water lily is thriving in the mostly open water of the Keysers River. Further up the Keysers the hyacinth is taking hold in this part of the growing season.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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