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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 505309
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 130
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clear sky. No wind and sunny. A huge storm in the preceding afternoon and night brought 60mm of rainfall in less than 18 hours. The mouth of the estuary is open for the winter months. The Westlake River had clear flowing water and the Keysers River was laiden with brown coloured silt and no visibility through the surface of the fast moving water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		370
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 08:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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