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    Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (34081955)

    Western Cape
    Card 502712
    Compiler 2112
    Location code 34081955Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 140
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most of the shore-line vegetation as well as the reed-beds have been removed leaving very little breeding habitat for ducks ect. Still lots of disturbance from wandering domestic pigs! Fantastic viewing & photos of the rare summer visitor & vagrant the 'Grey Wagtail'.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		320
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    202Crake, Baillon's
    (Zapornia pusilla)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    690Wagtail, Grey
    (Motacilla cinerea)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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