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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506362
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1992
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The sky was clear and sunny with brisk SE wind, which has been blowing for weeks. An observation was that the birds were sheltering out of the wind or were else where at other waterbodies. The mouth of the estuary was closed. There were very few visible birds on the main water body. Also the Eygptain Geese and Hadeda Ibis on the western shore were absent. Angus and Frances Hemp counted the southern Marina canals by canoe. The sand bar in "the bends" was very near to the surface of the water with about a 10cm covering in most places . We saw many fingerling mullet in the very shallow water at the edges using the thread weed as cover.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Frances Hemp
     
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Neville Williams
     
    0Tinus Kotze
     
    1549Angus Hemp
     
    14970Barry Parker
     
    16277Andrea von Gunten
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		165Probably Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		850
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		6940
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1660Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		6010
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		1690


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    Friday 26 April 2024 08:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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