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    Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (34081955)

    Western Cape

    Card 501570
    Compiler 2112
    Location code 34081955Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:45
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 170
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most reed beds have been sprayed with herbacide & so very little cover! I have asked municipality to stop spraying.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    390
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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