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    Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (34061828)

    Western Cape
    Card 510724
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-04-20
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 849
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The weather was forecast to be foggy all day and it was cool with a slight breeze from False Bay and the fog very dense and low to the ground early on. The height of the fog lifted later, but the sun never came through by mid day when we finished the count. It probably lifted about 50 - 75 metres above ground level when looking at the mountain side which was visible then. Usually these are good conditions for seeing all species of birds at Zandvlei. The highlight for the upper main reserve areas was a first for the cwac at Zandvlei, a Black Heron was recorded by David Walker, and was probably the one sighted in the Marina last year. There were a number of Greater Flamingo as well. We have not seem Spoonbills for some months and a few were present today. There were very few insects present in the vegetation with Cape Autumn Widow and Boland Brown butterflies here and there. A Jackal Buzzard was on the overhead railway power lines where we have seen them on previous counts.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0David Walker
     
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Kyran and Caitlin Wright
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Nophiwe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1050
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		230
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		850
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		240
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		360
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		330
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		60
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		400
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		70


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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