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    Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (34071827)

    Western Cape
    Card 504676
    Compiler 10691
    Location code 34071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 8
    Total Count 25
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A very low count for this area. Very few birds were present in the air. A bonus were the gallinules sunning themselves which offered very good photographic opportunities with a 600mm lens if it was available. The water was flowing at 1 metre per 10 seconds under the railway bridge. The estuary mouth was open. There is an infestation of many water plant species in the Westlake and Keyers Rivers. In places the birds can walk across the full width of the water surface on the weed. An Interesting observation - many of the non root anchoured species are a yellowish colour. Could it be the saline water which has been reaching these areas, since the lowering of the weir.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 04:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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