Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827) | |
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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 |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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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 | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 4.73 | 23 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 13.57 | 53 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.26 | 4 | |||
| 1027 | Booby, Red-footed | Sula sula | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 12.87 | 175 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 4.80 | 15 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 9.94 | 74 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.06 | 21 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 7.01 | 25 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 2 | 4.67 | 8 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 21.64 | 164 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.44 | 15 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 2.67 | 10 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.40 | 2 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 19.00 | 37 | |||
| 893 | Gallinule, Purple | Porphyrio martinica | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 44 | 44.00 | 44 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 13.12 | 154 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 8.95 | 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 | 6.98 | 46 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 4.33 | 32 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.15 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.61 | 4 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.17 | 6 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.85 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 5.09 | 42 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 4.09 | 13 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.76 | 19 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.28 | 13 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 6.32 | 28 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 6.00 | 16 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 19.67 | 307 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.75 | 4 | |||
| 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 | Anas smithii | 1 | 6.81 | 74 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.92 | 20 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 6.28 | 32 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.86 | 6 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 5.88 | 38 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.75 | 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 | 2.18 | 7 |
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