Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 505935
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-10-15
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 111
    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 Weather was overcast, cool with a light wind from the SE at ground level and NW in the upper levels above Table Mountain. The estuaru mouth was open and the water flow under the railway bridge was 1 metre per 10 seconds. The first impressions were that there were very few birds present or actively flying around. The Westlake and Keysers Rivers and the canals were clear and free of invasive water weed. In the confluence was a large ball of fingerling mullet being chased by large mouth bass. They eventually made their way under the railway bridge and back towards the main water body.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Mark Arendse
     
    0Robin Adams
     
    14970Barry Parker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License