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

    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 506468
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-04-15
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2380
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes An African Harrier hawk was seen over the Lakeside railway station at 08h20 looking in palm and other trees and being mobbed by Common Starlings and various dove species in attendance. Barry and Val said it was a challenge in their canoe today. Simon reported that the Salt Marsh Pan in the Reserve was dry with no water present. There were few birds overflying the main waterbody, those that were, were heading in the direction of the Westlake Wetlands to shelter out of the wind. The lone canoeist training up and down the length of the vlei was the only sign of life in the water. Mark Arense reported that there are few people walking across the flood plain as the access has been blocked off into Military Road as a security isse. The Sacred Ibis seem to be benefiting by being able to roost on the ground in the flood plain for the last month.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Barry and Val Cleveland
     
    0Laurie Johnson
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Neville Williams
     
    11090Simon Fogarty Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		90
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		370
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		820
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		810
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		570
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		16520Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		520
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1190
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		90
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		60
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		520


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

    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:53
    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