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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape

    Card 501732
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-04-23
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1493
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Beautiful calm day. Mouth open. Fishing activity by Cape Cormorants, Great crested grebes and egrets.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    320
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    750
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    430
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    9070
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    770
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    850
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    50
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)
    10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    40


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

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