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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 507132
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 221
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The preceding 4 days have been the typical ""Indian summer"" berg wind conditions of high warm temperatures for mid winter day and nights. This morning was slightly cooler with a heavy dew on the grass. There was very high cloud cover and no wind with a beautiful orange sky sun rise just before 08h00. A SE breeze started to blow at about 10h00 it was a partly sunny and bright day. The estuary mouth was still open, with the water level quite low. The water was flowing at 1 metre per 10 seconds under the railway bridge. The sand banks were very exposed up to the 2nd bend from the estuary mouth. Just the very tips of the rubble weir were visible above the sand, if you know where to look in the canal at Royal Road bridge. Angus, Frances and Marge counted the north and south Marina canals and the night heron roost by canoe and peddle boat. There were pods of Greater Flamingo with the total of 123 down at the northern end of the main water body and their gaggling sound could be heard clearly. There was a dead Vlei Rat along the pathway near the railway bridge."
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eric Rautenbach
     
    0Mark Arendse
     
    0Mark Issacs
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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