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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 2214 [on-line data upload (2012-04-13): 16154] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Oschadleus HD Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3418ABLocality Langvlei north end Latitude, longitude -34.056299, 18.465437 [0 m accuracy] Date 2012/4/13 Notes No activity in 30 minutes, some nests becoming remnants Nest count 12 Nest site tree
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History of repeat colony counts
Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 834 799 14/6/2011 5 5 old nests from previous season 846 799 25/6/2011 8 6 old nests, 1 green nest, 1 new ring, 1 male present 923 799 26/7/2011 8 937 799 30/7/2011 15 8 nests in usual site, plus 7 in adjacent willow; 2 nests with 2 chicks each (2 ringed) 1048 799 14/8/2011 9 3 males, green nest 1070 799 20/8/2011 9 2 males seen 1081 799 22/8/2011 11 1225 799 12/9/2011 12 3 males, green nest 1386 799 18/10/2011 10 1405 799 24/10/2011 10 1 male seen 1509 799 8/11/2011 10 1573 799 21/11/2011 12 male preening in colony 1624 799 5/12/2011 11 1770 799 29/12/2011 10 deserted 1971 799 27/2/2012 10 old nests, no weavers 2031 799 27/3/2012 13 Male displayed from nest (no photo), later dull bird (immature male or female) investigated some nests, new nests present in mid non-breeding season! 2214 799 13/4/2012 12 No activity in 30 minutes, some nests becoming remnants 2264 799 21/4/2012 11 no weavers seen here 2271 799 26/4/2012 12 male Cape Weaver perched on bush above nests 2382 799 20/5/2012 7 old nests 2438 799 9/6/2012 7 2503 799 28/6/2012 6 old nests, no weavers seen here 2547 799 5/7/2012 8 1 male visited briefly, 1 green nest 2556 799 10/7/2012 6 green nest, male present 2563 799 13/7/2012 4 1 male with green nest 2585 799 17/7/2012 5 Old nest nearly in water; also green nest 2599 799 23/7/2012 4 1 male 2620 799 30/7/2012 4 1 male 2683 799 6/8/2012 2 2726 799 13/8/2012 2 2743 799 20/8/2012 2 2 old nests, plus green ring 2790 799 28/8/2012 2 2835 799 3/9/2012 3 male mated with a female on a twig near the nests at 8h33 2859 799 10/9/2012 3 1 male 2924 799 16/9/2012 4 4112 799 28/11/2012 10 5643 799 12/5/2013 6 2 green nests, 4 old nests 5920 799 18/6/2013 3 old nests, 0 males but very windy 7065 799 5/9/2013 4 now very shallow from shore to colony 7157 799 26/9/2013 5 11886 799 11/7/2014 9 at least 1 male; 2 extra nests further away, not sure if part of colony 11914 799 19/7/2014 8 2 males, at least 1 female 16349 799 25/5/2015 0 no nests now 18240 799 1/11/2015 13 5 nests bush, 8 nests willow 26298 799 9/6/2017 0 no nests