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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 509624
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 110
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "There was a good outflow under the railway bridge of 1 metre per 6 seconds. The water was dark brown with tanin and silt. Pieces of water lettuce were still being flushed down from the Keysers River into the confluence and into the main waterbody. The estuary mouth is open for the winter period as per the Nature Reserve management plan. While we were there a canoeist (see photo) came along the waterways and flushed some birds for us as he went up the Westlake River. Also a Black Sparrowhawk flushed about 30 to 40 Hartlaubs Gulls in the Rutter Road Pond. As an incidental note a Brown throated Martin and a White throated Swallow were flying under the railway bridge and looping back again. There was no help from the Nature Reserve staff today, so the Westlake Wetlands and the Rutter Road Pond were not counted, which reflects in the species and count number totals. "
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		460
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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