Aquatic bird spotted at Bluff golf club’s waterway
A Cape cormorant which breeds along the west coast of South Africa, was spotted.
AVID bird watcher, Warren Dick, favours places like The Bluff National Park Golf Club where he often photographs birds.
“It was nice to see that some of the waterways at the golf course are starting to recover after last years floods, which left sewage pouring into the canals for months. With the slight improvement some of the water birds, such as the Cape cormorant are starting to return,” said Warren.
The Cape cormorant breeds along the west coast of South Africa, from Namibia to the Western Cape, but outside of breeding season they do wander to the north coast, as far as the Congo river mouth in Angola, and the east coast of South Africa as far as Mozambique.
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Cormorant’s commonly hunt small bait fish, such as sardines from mid-water level, in flocks.
“In the 1970s there was estimated to be about one million breeding birds in Namibia alone. However, their numbers have drastically declined in recent years, leading them to now have an endangered status. It is a blessing to see them visiting The Bluff,” he added.
To have some of your interesting spiders, snakes or other wildlife identified, call or WhatsApp Warren on 072 211 0353. Follow the conversation on his Facebook page, Warren’s Small World.
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