Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 511666
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-10-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 120
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes "The flow under the railway bridge was 1 metre per 10 seconds indicating a slight inflow from the catchment. There were few birds to be seen today from our vantage point. We did see the Brown throated Martins and White throated Swallows flying up and down under the railway bridge, including the Malachite Kingfisher. We spent more time than usual here, trying to see any birds. The water surfaces seen from the bridge were all clear of invasive waterweed. Is the raised salinity helping to keep these areas clear? The January 2026 count will give us an answer. "
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Katherine Child
     
    0Kayla Knight
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     
    0Ricardo Peterson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		670
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Wednesday 22 October 2025 09:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License