Zandvlei Trust

Zandvlei, May 1988.

Lisa Campbell supplied the photographs.  The view of the grassed picnic area on the western shore of Zandvlei, was taken in May 1988 after heavy rainfall.
There are Hartlaubs Gulls, Cattle Egrets, Blacksmith Plovers, Blackbacked Gulls and a Cape Shoveller enjoying the pools of water.
Her comment in the note she supplied "that there were not many Egyptian Geese in those days" is a good observation.

This picture was also taken in May 1988. The exotic vegetation is still apparent on Park Island across the water. The trees and shrubs were only removed  in 1999 - 2000. The tree line at Cecelia Forest can be seen on the slopes of the Peninsula Mountain range. It is different in 2004, with sections having been harvested recently.