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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape

    Card 1827
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-04-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 11:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 528
    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 Mouth closed.Parts of the estuary held few birds due to human disturbance.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1830
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1970
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    480
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Monday 09 December 2024 06:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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