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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 510725
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-04-20
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 501
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes We noted that a pair of Brown throated Martins were flying up and down and under the railway bridge. Then we saw a new nesting hole in the bank at the confluence of the Keysers and Westlake Rivers. As far as I know this is a first for Zandvlei. There are kingfisher holes in the banks else where in the area. The water was flowing into the main body under the railway bridge at 1 metre per 8 seconds. 2 separate fires had burnt the reeds along both sides of the railway line, on the west side all the way to the Rutter Road Pond which we could clearly see from our vantage point at the railway bridge. On the eastern side of the railway line the reeds had been burnt and another vista is opened up which I have never seen before in more than 35 years working here. This is along the canal from the railway bridge into the main body of Zandvlei. (see the photos) We saw Ricardo and his team counting in the Westlake Wetlands. There was a pair of White necked Ravens flying over the wetlands.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Aviwe Mkayo
     
    0B Sibuyi
     
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0J Vaughan
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0R Petersen
     
    0S Qomfo
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		500
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1750
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		60
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		230
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		300
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		160


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    Monday 20 May 2024 05:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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