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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape

    Card 510823
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 176
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The brown silt laden water from the catchment was flowing very fast under the railwy bridge at 1 meter per 3 seconds. We noted 4 Brown throated Martins flying about the confluence of the Wstlake and Keysers Rivers and under the railway bridge and up and down the canal. This suggests that there has been asuccessful hatching of 2 chicks from the nesting hole we saw at the April count, which was being used. Two of the birds were slightly smaller than the other two. if this is true, then this is the first successful record of this species breeding at the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. We could still see the Rutter Road Pond from the railway bridge as the reeds had not regrown yet since the fire earlier in the year. A canoeist came paddling against the current up the canal and asked if we had seen a Malachite Kingfisher yet, we had recorded 2 so far. The Westlake and Keysers Rivers were clear and free of visible invasive weeds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Mkayo
     
    0F Ellmore
     
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0R Petersen
     
    0S Qomfo
     
    0V Sithole
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    230
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    100
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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