This is a voluntary working relationship with the City of Cape Town and the Cape Bird Club since 1978.
It was full moon today, with imminent rain forecast with a very strong N.W wind gusting and blowing. There were small choppy waves on the main waterbody.
It had also rained hard during the late morning. Bert and I went back to the area we are working and continued in the rain squalls which passed during the afternoon. We got quite a lot of work done between us as the conditions were cool to cold so it was a way to kept warm. There is a large clump of Port Jackson trees which we need to get down before they flower this spring. They are in bud currently. There was nothing to be seen on the main waterbody not even a “mad dog paddler”. There were no insects or animals to be seen and no walkers, there were hardly any motor vehicles to be heard either. We did note 4 railway trains passing during the time we were there, I did not photograph them as it was raining during those times.
I photographed a patch of Peziza ammophila (cup fungi) growing on an open sandy patch with various species of sea shells on the top soil. They are seen during the winter months in the Reserve.
In between the wind driven rain showers we saw 14 species of birds which was very good considering the weather conditions.
See this link for the past reports of what we have done.
Photographs by Gavin Lawson.
Gavin Lawson.
