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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	2004 [on-line data upload (2012-03-20): 14751]
Species	Cape Weaver
Observer(s)	Kadis R; Adel Kadis
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Western Cape, Vredenberg, 3218CC
Locality	West Coast Fossil Park
Latitude, longitude	-32.957001, 18.11778 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2012/3/17
Notes	At the visitors centre of the Fossil park. 1st tree = 15 nests, 2nd & 3rd tree = 62
Nest count	77
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
2004	799	17/3/2012	77	At the visitors centre of the Fossil park. 1st tree = 15 nests, 2nd & 3rd tree = 62
7650	799	7/12/2013	0	Vm 7115 revisited. Cape Weaver seen. Cape Sparrow nests in same tree, a lot of Cape Sparrows in area. Nests not counted. Possible Hadeda nest
13339	799	21/9/2014	100	At least 100 nests. The colony was not particularly active, with lots of scrapping between males

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