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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 8091
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 915
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3860
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3311Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1800
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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