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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape

    Card 506781
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-12-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1920
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Gale force SE wind and no telescope
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gill Ford
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    190
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    600
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    240
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    3000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    730Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    900
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    1510
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1080
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    740
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    520
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    2200
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    3750
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    90


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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