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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 507496
    Compiler 10169
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-10-20
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 368
    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 There was literally gale force SE wind all morning, with a clear sunny sky. In the late morning the wind direction changed as we got closer to the built areas the wind appeared to be passing over us on the shoreline, the houses creating a shelter of deflecting the wind high over our heads. The bird counting did not improve though as the birds were elsewhere,
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Dennis and Giggi Laidler
     
    0Laurie Newman
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Mark Arendse
     
    0Melissa Goepfert
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		280
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		750
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		20


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    Friday 26 April 2024 03:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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