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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 505920
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-10-15
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 672
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes As part of the Muizenberg Festival there was plenty of activity in the Yacht Club basin. The high cloud kept the temperatures cool. Lower than normal bird activity was visible on this section of the waterbody. The Coots were not evident in the main water body. Barry Cleveland and Mike McNair counted the southern section of the Marina canals by canoe.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Barry Cleveland
     
    0Berenice Naidoo
     
    0Eddie Moses
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Mike McNair
     
    1899Linda Hibbin
     
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     
    14970Barry Parker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		162Possibly Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		620
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1750Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1202Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		290
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		480
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		150
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		140
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		90
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		730


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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