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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape

    Card 5116
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-04-17
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 1288
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    100
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3360
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    8040Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Thursday 18 April 2024 07:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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