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    Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (34071828)

    Western Cape
    Card 8758
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 711
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mouth open, strong SE wind. Most birds sheltering in sheltered bays or on banks of vlei.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1542Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		870
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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