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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 509176
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-08-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:35
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 2788
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Kelp Gulls - included in the figure of 2118 is an estimate of 2000 birds either foraging in the rubbish or circling above the Municipal Rubbish Dump which is adjacent to the Sewe rage Works. Throughout the day many of theses Gulls fly begtween the Dump and the Pans, especially P2. These birds have not been included in previous counts but will be in future as they represent a substantial number.
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    0D Barnes
     
    0R Douglas
     
    0W Flanagan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		340
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		820
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4410
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		21180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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