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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 511375
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-04-19
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 506
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The Water Thick knees were back in the scout base after the Kontiki activity last weekend. Also good to note there was a good number over on Park Island. I had noted about the same total were at the previous Strandfontein count in January 2025. The 3 White domestic ducks or quakers reported last week were seen in the Yacht Club basin today. Further down near the Thesens bridge the sand spit normally present was completely submerged by water. See the photo of a few birds knee deep on the sand spit. There was a Grey Heron in a Norfolk Pine tree on the western side of the estuary in Royal Road opposite the tree with the heron and Sacred Ibis roost and nesting tree in Axminster Road. The thick fog bank over False Bay was till visible at 11h15 we finished counting and the overhead cloud had cleared to blue sky with a SE breeze blowing. While walking back to the cars a police horse patrol passed us, long time since we last saw a police patrol on horses at Zandvlei. Thank you to Kyran and Darren for counting the Marina canals by boat today."
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Darren November
     
    0Gigi Laidler
     
    0Kyran Wright
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		570
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		420
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		950
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		520
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		30


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    Thursday 24 April 2025 08:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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