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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 504005
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 681
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The main body of the vlei was full due to the mouth being open for the spring high tide. The start time is not ideal for summer time. The weather was bright and sunny with a SE wind increasing by mid morning. Greg Morgan paddled the southern Marina canals south of the Park Island bridge.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1400
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2770
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		50


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    Tuesday 04 November 2025 09:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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