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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 507829
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 195
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was a fair bit of bird activity, good for the conditions and preceding days cold rainy weather. The ground water is rising and there was a good strong flow of clear water under the railway bridge from the catchment rivers
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Mark Arendse
     
    0Mark Isaacs
     
    0Rodney Yates
     
    0Ruth Muller
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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