CWAC Electronic Census Form Ver 3.1 Animal Demography Unit													1	2008
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Please email this form back before the end of March (for summer survey) or August ( for winter survey).													3	2010
Please return this form to:													4	2011
Name of site:	zandvlei lower - October 2011 - Quarterly count												5	2012
Site code:	34071828							Hour			Minutes		6	2013
Date of survey:	Day			Month		Year	Starting time:	08		h	30		7	2014
	22			10		2011	Finishing time:	10		h	30		8	2015
Season:	O			Select from the list or leave the field blank.									9	2016
Name of compiler:	Gavin Lawson												10	2017
ADU observer code:	10691												11	2018
New contact details: (postal, tel. fax, e-mail, etc.)	same a previous, no change.												12	2019
Names of additional observers: (initials and surname e.g. M. Wheeler)													13	2020
Margit van Heerden													14
Alice Ashwell and Pat Garett													15
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Has this site been counted for CWAC before:	Type of count:						Count conditions:						19
1	5						2						20
1 – yes	1 – on foot						1 – bad						21
2 – no	2 – by boat						2 – poor						22
	3 – aerial						3 – moderate						23
	4 – motor vehicle						4 – good						24
	5 – mixed						5 – ideal						25
Condition of wetland:	2					Percentage of wetland area covered by count:							26
						(to nearest 5%)							27
1 – full (high tide for estuaries)						% of shoreline:		95					28
2 – partially full (mid tide for estuaries)						% of open water:		95					29
3 – very little standing water (low tide for estuaries)													30
4 – mud only													31
5 – dry													32
Fixed-point photography:	No												33
if yes, please submit your photos in digital format together with your census form.													34
Comments: (including any factors that might have affected the results, e.g. rain, wind, water level, disturbance, threats, etc. Also include any other information related to the species observed, breeding information, counts, etc.)													35
Alice Ashwell and Pat Garratt in a canoe counted the Marina cannals from the southern side of Park Island bridge to Battleridge canal. Margit van Heeren counted the Caravan Park land and coves and Park Island land and coves. The estuary mouth was open and the water level was low on the western shoreline at least 60cm below the high watermark. The Cape Town International Kite Festival was operational with no apparent effect on the birds present in the lower estuary. The wind was so strong that all the international kite flying was suspended for the afternoon.													36
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Total waterbirds counted:	809				This field will update automatically.								38
Total species observed:	27				This field will update automatically.								39
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Important Notes:													42
For species observed breeding, please indicate the appropriate breeding code in the breeding column (B);													43
Breeding status codes: 2 – Possibly breeding, 3 – Probably breeding and 4 – Confirmed breeding;													44
If confirmed breeding information is available, please indicate this in the appropriate tabe at the bottom;													45
Count results should be recorded in the (Count) column;													46
For more information, consult the CWAC information sheets.													47
Species	New Ref		B	Count		Species		New Ref		B	Count		48
African Penguin	00002	7				Blacksmith Lapwing		00245	2		13		49
Great Crested Grebe	00004	2	3	27		White-crowned Lapwing		00246	9				50
Black-necked Grebe	00005	8				African Wattled Lapwing		00247	6				51
Little Grebe	00006	3		1		Long-toed Lapwing		00248	3				52
Pink-backed Pelican	00041	3				Greater Painted-snipe		00230	0				53
Great White Pelican	00042	0		1		Great Snipe		00249	5				54
Cape Gannet	00044	9				African Snipe		00250	9				55
White-breasted Cormorant	00047	7				Curlew Sandpiper		00251	2				56
Cape Cormorant	00048	2				Baird's Sandpiper		00252	4				57
Bank Cormorant	00049	6				Terek Sandpiper		00257	8				58
Reed Cormorant	00050	5		14		Common Sandpiper		00258	1				59
Crowned Cormorant	00051	1				Green Sandpiper		00259	7				0
African Darter	00052	3		22		Marsh Sandpiper		00262	2
Grey Heron	00054	6		1		Wood Sandpiper		00264	7
Black-headed Heron	00055	4				Pectoral Sandpiper		00895	9
Goliath Heron	00056	7				Buff-breasted Sandpiper		00926	5
Purple Heron	00057	9		1		Broad-billed Sandpiper		00981	4
Great Egret	00058	0				White-rumped Sandpiper		00997	9
Little Egret	00059	8		10		Little Stint		00253	3
Yellow-billed Egret	00060	7				Red-necked Stint		00897	4
Cattle Egret	00061	4				Long-toed Stint		00972	4
Slaty Egret	00982	1				Temminck's Stint		00985	2
Squacco Heron	00062	1				Red Knot		00254	5
Green-backed Heron	00063	0				Sanderling		00255	0
Black Heron	00064	8				Ruff		00256	6
Rufous-bellied Heron	00065	2				Dunlin		00896	2
Little Blue Heron	01015	9				Spotted Redshank		00260	6
Western Reef Heron	02190	2				Common Redshank		00261	0
Dwarf Bittern	00066	9				Common Greenshank		00263	1
Little Bittern	00067	6				Greater Yellowlegs		01008	8
Black-crowned Night-Heron	00069	5				Lesser Yellowlegs		01014	1
White-backed Night-Heron	00070	2				Black-tailed Godwit		00265	3
Eurasian Bittern	00071	9				Bar-tailed Godwit		00266	8
Hamerkop	00072	6				Hudsonian Godwit		01009	0
Marabou Stork	00073	5				Eurasian Curlew		00267	5
African Openbill	00074	3				Common Whimbrel		00268	4
Saddle-billed Stork	00075	7				Pied Avocet		00269	9
Yellow-billed Stork	00076	4				Black-winged Stilt		00270	3
Woolly-necked Stork	00077	1				Red Phalarope		00271	8
Abdim's Stork	00078	8				Red-necked Phalarope		00272	5
Black Stork	00079	0				Wilson's Phalarope		00929	6
White Stork	00080	0				Crab Plover		00273	9
African Sacred Ibis	00081	6		4		Water Thick-knee		00274	4
Glossy Ibis	00083	7				Collared Pratincole		00281	5
Hadeda Ibis	00084	1	3	5		Black-winged Pratincole		00282	7
African Spoonbill	00085	9		3		Rock Pratincole		00283	6
Greater Flamingo	00086	2				Kelp Gull		00287	0		3
Lesser Flamingo	00087	4				Grey-headed Gull		00288	9
Spur-winged Goose	00088	5				Hartlaub's Gull		00289	4		53
Egyptian Goose	00089	3	4	163		Sabine's Gull		00901	7
South African Shelduck	00090	3				Franklin's Gull		00932	2
Comb Duck	00091	8				Common Black-headed Gull		00933	1
African Pygmy-Goose	00092	5				Slender-billed Gull		01078	4
Northern Shoveler	00093	9				Heuglin's Gull		02042	3
Cape Shoveler	00094	4		1		Lesser black-backed Gull		04136	8
African Black Duck	00095	6				Caspian Tern		00290	4		1
Yellow-billed Duck	00096	0	2	6		Common Tern		00291	7		3
Red-billed Teal	00097	2				Antarctic Tern		00292	9
Cape Teal	00098	7		2		Roseate Tern		00293	8
Hottentot Teal	00099	1				Arctic Tern		00294	0
White-faced Duck	00100	2				Sooty Tern		00295	5
Fulvous Duck	00101	9				Sandwich Tern		00296	1
Southern Pochard	00102	6				Lesser Crested Tern		00297	3
Maccoa Duck	00103	5				Swift Tern		00298	6
White-backed Duck	00104	3		0		Little Tern		00299	2
African Fish-Eagle	00149	2				Damara Tern		00300	0
Western Marsh-Harrier	00166	0				White-winged Tern		00304	1
African Marsh-Harrier	00167	2				Whiskered Tern		00305	9
Pallid Harrier	00168	7				African Skimmer		00306	2
Black Harrier	00169	1				Gull-billed Tern		00902	9
Montagu's Harrier	00170	6				Black Tern		00903	8
Osprey	00172	2				Royal Tern		00935	3
African Rail	00197	6				Bridled Tern		00936	8
Corn Crake	00198	3				Black-naped Tern		00937	5
African Crake	00199	5				White-cheeked Tern		00938	4
Striped Crake	00200	5				African Grass-Owl		00360	1
Spotted Crake	00201	1				Marsh Owl		00361	5
Baillon's Crake	00202	3				Pel's Fishing-Owl		00370	8
Black Crake	00203	2				Pied Kingfisher		00394	5		8
White-winged Flufftail	00204	6				Giant Kingfisher		00395	0
Red-chested Flufftail	00205	4				Half-collared Kingfisher		00396	6
Streaky-breasted Flufftail	00892	8				Malachite Kingfisher		00397	8		1
African Purple Swamphen	00208	0				Mangrove Kingfisher		00400	6
Allen's Gallinule	00209	8				African Pied Wagtail		00685	6
American Purple Gallinule	00893	7				Cape Wagtail		00686	0		10
Common Moorhen	00210	8				Mountain Wagtail		00688	7
Lesser Moorhen	00211	3				Yellow Wagtail		00689	1
Red-knobbed Coot	00212	0	4	266		Grey Wagtail		00690	1
African Finfoot	00213	4				Greater Sheathbill		00864	6
Grey Crowned Crane	00214	9				Mute Swan		00884	3
Wattled Crane	00215	1				Garganey		00885	7
Blue Crane	00216	5				Northern Pintail		00886	4
African Jacana	00228	8				Mandarin Duck		01017	4
Lesser Jacana	00229	0				Tufted Duck		01298	7
African Black Oystercatcher	00231	6				Muscovy Duck		10003	2
Eurasian Oystercatcher	00894	1				Black Swan		10007	9
Ruddy Turnstone	00232	8				Domestic Duck		10006	7		41
Common Ringed Plover	00233	7				Domestic Goose		10004	6
Lesser Sand Plover	00234	1				Red-crested Pochard		01332	2
White-fronted Plover	00235	9				Mallard		01016	2		9
Chestnut-banded Plover	00236	2				Mallard Hybrid		10015	1	4	117
Kittlitz's Plover	00237	4				Hybrid Pochard		00978	1
Three-banded Plover	00238	5				Hybrid Duck		10005	4		23
Greater Sand Plover	00239	3				Unidentified Waders		10008	0
Kentish Plover	02002	0				Unidentified Terns		10009	8
Caspian Plover	00240	7				Unidentified Gulls		10010	8
Grey Plover	00241	4				Unidentified Herons		10011	3
American Golden Plover	00922	0				Unidentified Ducks		10014	9
Pacific Golden Plover	01039	6				Unidentified Flamingos		10016	5
Additional Species						Confirmed Breeding Information
Species	New Ref		B	Count		Species		New Ref		No. Pairs
						Great crested Grebe				1 on a nest
						Hadeda Ibis				1 on a nest
						Egyptian Goose				4 pairs with 12 chicks
						Yellowbilled Duck				1 pair together
						Mallard hybrid				6 pairs with 27 chicks
						Redknobbed Coot				16 nesting pairs, 10 pairs with 29 chicks.