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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 504013
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 165
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather bright, sunny no clouds with a light SE wind. Start time not ideal for summer conditions, with the sunrise at 05h30. The water was just flowing into the vlei under the railway bridge, later we established that the vlei level was full and the mouth was open to let the sea water in. This is part of the management process at full moon and and new moon to get the highest sea level ingress into the vlei. The water weed in the Keysers and Westlake Rivers was not too congested. Rutter Road Pond and the canal from the Main Road Boyes Drive intersection were clear of waterweed, thanks to the volunteer programme to boom off sections and keep it clear for boating and the natural living animals and birds in the wetlands. The short inlet canal to Zandvlei, east of the railway bridge had some mixed waterweed in it, not to dense.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		250
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1010
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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