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    Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Isotes Vlei (34001832)

    Western Cape

    Card 512408
    Compiler 16076
    Location code 34001832Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Isotes Vlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-01-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 110
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Burke Rosen
     
    16076Gerhard Bothma
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    50
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    21
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    120
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Thursday 16 July 2026 01:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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