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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506749
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-10-21
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:45
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 1728
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The weather was ideal and unusual based on previous October counts for the last 10 years. There was no wind, the sky clear with very high hazy clouds and the air was cool becoming quite warm. A cold front was passing out to sea and the wind direction was forecast to be W during the morning swinging to the SE by midday. Mid morning a slight SE breeze picked up over the main waterbody rippling the surface. The junior sailors were out practising in the light breeze. Angus and Frances Hemp counted the Marina south canals by canoe. A general observation there were very few birds in the air or in the main waterbody for unknown reasons, in what seemed like ideal bird conditions. The barometer readings were rising at the time, indicating clear weather. Another observation that the western lower shore is usually the area the Egyptian Geese moult during September and October. There are none present nor evidence of the thousands of feathers and poo in the picnic area where they congregate as done in previous years. At past counts there have been as many as 600 to 700 Egyptian Geese in this area.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andrienne Johnson
     
    0Angus and Francis Hemp
     
    0Barry Parker
     
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Precossious Singo
     
    0Robyn Morton
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		170Possibly Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		690
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4920
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		430
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2660
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		260
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		970


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    Thursday 18 April 2024 04:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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