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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 509092
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 05:45
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 247
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A highlight while counting at the railway bridge was a Gaint Kingfisher which came and perched above our heads on the wires calling away. We saw the 2 Marks counting at the confluence of the Keysers and Westlake Rivers. Reed Cormorants and Yellow billed Ducks were the prominent species. There was a feeding frenzy in the canal out the main water body with cormorants and darters "boiling the water" chasing fish.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Mark Arendse
     
    0Mark Issacs
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		740
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		530
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20


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    Wednesday 01 May 2024 11:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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