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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape

    Card 501671
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1569
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pans S1 and S3 almost completely covered with water hyacinth.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    200
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2360
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    300
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    230
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    590
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    50
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    320
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    150
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    2120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    900
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2910
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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