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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 500541
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-12-14
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1141
    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 Overcast + intermittent drizzle. Pan 53 almost completely covered with hyacinth.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D.Barnes
     
    0P.Meadows
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		230
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		890
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1040
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1400Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		540
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		300
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		570
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2880
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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