The Cape Bird Club

Counts

Egyptian Goose.

For more information about these projects, see dates and venues below.

  • All members and visitors are encouraged to participate in these outings at the various sites.
  • Information gathered helps scientists determine many findings about our natural habitats and the birds that use them.
  • This also helps the management policies by the relevant authorities in the Cape Fynbos areas, which is a World Heritage Site.
  • Send in your photographs to the webmaster.
  • We need to let others know that we care about "our birding areas".

Do you know

You can contribute to;

  • the BIRP (Birds In Reserves Project) run by the ADU (Animal Demographic Unit) based at the University of Cape Town.
  • By doing so you as a "citizen scientist" are helping to establish local and national species information and contribute to bird conservation. The process is fairly simple; volunteers go out to any PA (protected area) and simply make a list of all the bird species observed. Data can be collected up to a maximum of seven days.
  • Please start at your nearest reserve and record all the birds you see and submit them via the data gathering process.

For more information go the the BIRP website, as above. Please download the BIRP instruction booklet which contains all the relevant information pertaining to this project.

The project is supported and endorsed by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) as well as BirdLife South Africa (BLSA).

 Doug Harebottle  -  021 650 2330 or  082 736 3087.


CWAC - is the  Co-ordinated Waterfowl Annual Census. This takes place throughout Southern Africa, with the results processed at the Animal Demographic Unit (ADU) at the University of Cape Town.
Doug Harebottle  -  021 650 2330 or  082 736 3087.

Click on the logo above for the website.


Co-ordinator - Donella Young.  021 650 4239 (w)
CAR -
is the Co-ordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts.

Contact Donelle Young on 021 650 4239 at the ADU.

Visit the website for more ADU , then click on Research, then CAR.


Monthly Bird and quarterly CWAC Count Sites

Strandfontein count - (Cape Flats Sewerage Works) second Sunday of the month at 08h00.
Dick Barnes is the leader  021 689 1106.

Dick Barnes and Victoria Day counting at S3 pan.        Gill Ford recording counts from Yvonne Knowles,
                                                                                Simon Foggarty and Graham Pringle at pan P7.

Bird Count lists  -  updated 26/03/2013.

 


photograph by Dick Barnes

Wally & Pam Cox, Rob Machin, Theo Nel, Mike McCarthy, Paul Meadows, Brenda Anderson, Yvonne Knowles, John Magner, Jean Eva, Derek & Romana Longrigg, Dick Barnes on 13/07/2004, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of CBC counting at Strandfontein.


Wildevloevlei count - (Kommetjie) second Thursday of the month at 08h30.
Eric Barnes is the leader  021 782 5429.


photograph by Priscilla Beeton.

See this article about Eric Barnes.


Paarl Bird Sanctuary count - last Saturday of the month at 09h00.
Yvonne Weiss is the leader  021 872 4972.


photograph by Sally Weighill

This group of bird counters at the 10th Anniversary of the CBC at the Paarl Sewrage Works.


 

Kirstenbosch BIRP count - first Sunday of the month at 07h30 (summer) and 08h00 (winter). Meet at the top gate (Rycroft).
John Magner is the leader 
082 881 3845.                updated 27/04/2013.


 

Quarterly CWAC Count Sites

Rietvlei count  takes place on Fridays in January, April, July  and October at 09h00.
Koos Retief is the leader  021 550 1086 (w) or 082 788 6987.

 


Zandvlei count  takes place in January, April, July  and October at 08h00.    updated 27/04/2013.
Gavin Lawson is the leader  021 705 5224.

Next count in 2013.

Saturday 19 October 2013.
Saturday 20 July 2013.

A canoe race at Zandvlei on 20/04/2013.

Combined results of the CWAC counts.

2013 -
October Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
July Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
April Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
27/04/2013.
January Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated

 

2012

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October Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
July Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
April Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
January Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands

updated

 

2011

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October Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated
July Zandvlei upper Zandvlei lower Westlake Wetlands updated

 

An analysis of the Bird Counts at Sandvlei over the period Dec 1974 to Dec 1975 by G.W. Begg.

Bird count - April 1994 at Zandvlei by Eddie Friend.

 


Bi - annual CWAC Count Sites

Radyn Dam CWAC Count  Malmesbury district  Otto Schmidt  - 021 674 2381.

Next count is on to be advised.

 


Berg River CWAC Count -  Doug Harebottle -  021 650 2330 or  082 736 3087.

Next count is on to be advised.  We need people to help count in the 13 areas some by car others by walking.

This is also very large area and we need help please!!

 


Langebaan CWAC Count -  Doug Harebottle  -  021 650 2330 or  082 736 3087.

Next count is on to be advised.

This is also very large area and we need help please!!

 


CAR Count  - Donella Young - 021 650 4239
Next count is in to be advised.   A fun all day event counting birds from your car. 

                                                                                                                                            

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