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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 511668
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-10-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 204
    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 "There were 2 Egyptian Goose families seen, one with 8 teenagers the other with 10 fluff balls entow. The pair of Water Thick knees were at their preferred location at the Scout Base even with tents pitched in the area. While walking along we found a young Cape Dune Mole Rat wandering around on the grass near a hole and not far from the waters edge. We were concerned that a dog off a leash could get hold of it before being able to dig itself in underground. Out last sight of it was scampering quite quickly across the grass to who knows where. At Thesen's bridge there were a number of large mullet swimming around in the very clear water. Near the Royal Road bridge there were a pair of Grey Herons hunkered down low with just their heads sticking above the bank. This is a give away that the wind was likely to blow hard from the SE. No Terns were present at todays count. Thank you to Darren and his staff for counting the Marina channels by boat today, also including the wetlands."
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Darren November
     
    0Katerine Child
     
    0Kyran Wright
     
    0Linda Hibbin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		30
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		10


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    Wednesday 29 October 2025 01:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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