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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 81 [manual upload] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Oschadleus HD Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3418ABLocality Pagas Vlei main Latitude, longitude -34.041054, 18.438856 [0 m accuracy] Date 2007/9/12 Notes male building; Hadeda nest in tree - 2 adults flew off Nest count 21 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 5776 799 20/9/2006 11 2 males (building); 2 females fed chicks; Hadeda on nest in tree 5778 799 27/10/2006 0 1 male; Hadeda nest empty 6151 799 27/6/2007 0 3 males; Hadeda building on old nest 81 799 12/9/2007 21 male building; Hadeda nest in tree - 2 adults flew off 170 799 14/10/2010 10 North end of Pagas Vlei, at least 1 male, nests high in willow 7140 799 26/9/2013 14 female fed chicks in nest, at least 2 males 11866 799 20/6/2014 11 males building and display, Hadedas flew off from presumed nest behind tree trunk 16789 799 26/6/2015 11 green nest,1+ male, Hadeda sitting on nest in colony 17604 799 19/9/2015 20 3+ males; 2 large Hadeda chicks in nest 18064 799 18/10/2015 14 green nest, weavers heard, Hadeda nest now empty 18885 799 21/2/2016 0 many old nests, 1 tree fallen over, vlei empty
20383 799 11/6/2016 1 only strands of 1 nest left in willow near shore, old Hadeda nest in next willow - still dry below, though some water in deep end of pond 23773 799 6/8/2016 30 4+ males, female (birdpix 28793), 3+ green nests, Hadeda adult on nest in colony ((birdpix 28794); vlei full of water again 24180 799 3/9/2016 32 3+ males (birdpix 29317), female leaving nest (photo 2), Hadeda adult with chick in colony (birdpix 29316), 24368 799 1/10/2016 28 4+ males (birdpix 30655), 1+ female, 10+c18 nests, Hadeda nest empty now 24891 799 3/1/2017 38 12+26 old nests, old Hadeda nests with few sticks, nests all over ground due to low water level 26293 799 9/6/2017 4 3+1 nests, old, some sl green, plus several broken nests, 1+ male 26400 799 5/8/2017 16 weavers heard, green + newish nests in 2 willows, nests high, left 6N, right 10N + new Hadeda nest but not sitting (Hadedas in area), vlei filling up [no water in June] 27566 799 7/7/2018 2 green nest in tree at shore, old nest in dead fallen tree in water, Hadeda brought stick to its nest (see birdpix 56199) 27695 799 18/8/2018 9 shore tree 2N, tree in water 3N near Hadeda nest with adult (birdpix 58913), c4N far side of tree, male weaver, female into nest 27749 799 15/9/2018 13 shore 4N, isl 4+5N, 2 males; Hadeda on nest (birdpix 60833) - think small chicks 27896 799 27/10/2018 14 6N south side (from far), +5N (female fed), +3N shore willow; 2 ringed males; no Hadeda or nest, water level down 28461 799 11/5/2019 0 no nests, inner tree & part of tree on bank fallen down, maybe since no water in vlei 
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