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The Cape Bird Club Projects to improve bird habitats at Strandfontein June 2008 – Aerial photograph of the new Bird Information Centre construction in the centre of "the wagon wheel" of the pans. April 2008 – Eben reports;
A new pan constructed in the
south western corner which has filled with rain this winter.
Fire management to reduce the annual dry brush load.
The new picnic site on the northern side of pan S8. Management and regulating the water level of the pans The importance of dropping water levels was highlighted from a short lived experiment which the Cape Bird Club conducted some years ago. A pan was selected in conjunction with the Management at the Sewage Works and water to the pan was diverted. This resulted in a progressive lowering of the water level. Montlhy counts were conducted at this experimental pan and an adjacent control pan. The results revealed a dramatic change; both in the number of species and bird numbers.
With Morne operating as from January 2006 he has worked at lowering a number of pans water levels and is monitoring the bird activity.
P2 pan just before the level was being dropped in February 2006.
S3 pan island visible at the begining of lowering in March 2006.
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