The Cape Bird Club

CWAC (Co-ordinated Waterbird Annual Census).

The data for all the sites where members participate will be published here as they become availble.

If you are a co-ordinator or volunteer at any of the CWAC sites in the CBC activity areas, you are welcome to submit any info or photos from or at the counts. Send to Gavin Lawson.
Past information is also very welcome.

Click on the logo above for the website.

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  on  021 650 2330 or  082 736 3087 is the Manager.

Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve.

Zandvlei viewed from north to south, with Simons Town in the distance across the bay.
Marina da Gama is on the left, and Lakeside on the right. Muizenberg residential area in the upper middle of the photograph.

The Zandvlei CWAC map with the pentad co-ordinates supplied by Doug Harebottle. The red line designates the pentad. The pentad above or north of Zandvlei is 3400_1825.

photograph by Doug Harebottle.

The blue lines indicate the areas for the counts.

Planned future dates.

Results

2011	-
October	Zandvlei upper	Zandvlei lower	Westlake Wetlands	-
July	Zandvlei upper	Zandvlei lower	Westlake Wetlands	-

For CWAC results in other Cape Bird Club areas, see this link.

photograph by Tinus Lamprecht.

A Jacana seen, photographed and recorded at the 21/04/2012 CWAC.
The last seen Jacana in the area was between 15 and 20 years ago.