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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 504022
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-01-27
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1196
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only the fields directly visible from the dams were covered (approx 20% of total area) - inaccessible due to heavy rains over past few weeks. Heavy vegetation growth around the dams. Lawns were recently mowed; could explain absence of Yellow Wagtails.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		380
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2040
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		350
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1200
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		630
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		480Possibly Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1870
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		420
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		550
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		250
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		740
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		680
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1000
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 09:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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