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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 506361
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:25
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 53
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The sky was clear and sunny with a brisk SE wind, which has been blowing for weeks. There were very few birds in the air or to be seen in the waterways of the Keysers and Westlake Rivers and also in the blind canals. There was no water flow to be measured inder the railway bridge, the mouth of the estuary was closed. Even in the sheltered areas of the reed beds there were no birds to be seen, we waited more than the usual time to find additional birds.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Tinus Kotze
     
    14970Barry Parker
     
    16277Andrea von Gunten
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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