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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 503976
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 900
    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 Clear and sunny with a fresh SE wind. The mouth of the Zandvlei was open.The very large sandbar from Thesens bridge back to the second bend inland was exposed with birds walking.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4371Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		211Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2720
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		740
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		50


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 10:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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