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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 509367
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 683
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "Thank you to Gasan Moses who counted the southern Marina canals today by canoe. We found the pair of Water Thick-knees again in their secluded area. There was a mobbing by gulls and cormorants moving about the vlei indicating shoals of fish being chased. Luckily we did not have to count hundreds of coots this quarter. The pond weed has not come back yet, and this is probably due to the high salinity throughout the main waterbody and the Marina canals and even into the Rutter Road Pond. Felicity found a turquoise egg with a broken shell and a chick inside. It looked like it had been broken open by a bird, probably to eat or to prevent the hatching. The water level was very low as it was low tide, which just started to ripple into the estuary as we finshed counting at 11h15. The water flow towards the mouth was also measured at 1 metre per 6 seconds near the Thesens bridge. By then the sky had cleared to bright sunshine with a strong SW wind blowing. A month ago A Familiar Chat made an appearance in the new nursery at ""The Lookout"" offices. This species was last recorded in 1975 at Zandvlei."
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C Melidonis
     
    0Felicity Ellmore
     
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Heather Davies
     
    0Kyran Wright
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0M Gordon
     
    0S Ferreira
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		720
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3030
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		580
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1020
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		130


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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