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Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch & Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
2001-07-28
Brief_description
An open estuary, with some reedbeds and other emergent vegetation. Holds a good variety of birds, including Purple Heron, Little Bittern and Purple Gallinule. Cormorant counts peak in winter; numbers of Darter, Cape Teal, Redknobbed Coot, Blackwinged Stilt and Hartlaub's Gull show no definite seasonal peak. There were unusually large counts of Blacksmith Plover in summer 1993, of Cape Shoveller in the 1994-1996 summers, of Sacred Ibis in summer 1994, and of Egyptian Goose in winter 1997. Numbers of Darter show some overall increase but Cape Teal appear to be declining. Severe threats are posed by invasive alien plants (Paspalum grass and Eichhornia); important threats include eutrophication, and pollution by solid waste. Hunting, fishing, domestic dogs and cats, and residential development, are also problems. Mallard pose some hybridization threat.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
10015		Anas hybrid	1	5.23	11
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	3.43	7
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	15.67	53
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.28	4
1027	Booby, Red-footed	Sula sula	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	10.68	57
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	4.80	15
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	9.26	74
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	3.65	21
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	1.50	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	7.05	25
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos	2	4.67	8
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	3.00	5
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	20.60	164
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.40	2
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	2.11	5
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	3.24	15
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	2.67	10
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	19.00	37
893	Gallinule, Purple	Porphyrio martinica	1	3.00	5
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser	44	44.00	44
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	13.24	154
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	9.05	78
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	1.00	1
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.90	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	2.52	10
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.50	2
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	2.00	4
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	6.74	46
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	3.86	32
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.15	2
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.67	4
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.64	4
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.04	5
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.75	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	4.40	42
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	4.09	13
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	3.37	19
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.75	3
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.91	6
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.04	13
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	6.16	28
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	19.95	307
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	10	10.00	10
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	7.00	19
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	2	2.00	2
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	2	2.00	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	2.00	3
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	1.50	2
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	47.50	94
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	53	53.00	53
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.00	1
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	7.50	13
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	6.91	74
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	3.67	8
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	6.28	32
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.90	6
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	1	2.33	4
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	6.08	38
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	2.67	5
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.78	4
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	1.40	2
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	1.00	1
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	2.00	2
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	2.30	7

Wednesday 06 December 2023 07:55
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

Western Cape

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