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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape

    Card 1825
    Compiler 31
    Location code 34071827
    Start date 2006-04-12
    Season O
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 52
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1
    Count Type 1
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes machine cleaning river ( noise pollution) area heavily infested by water hyacinth(alien).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    40
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 03:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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