Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831) | |
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Western Cape | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
Authority | Cape Bird Club & City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch |
Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
IBA information | SA116 - FALSE BAY PARK (PROPOSED) |
Ramsar information | |
Heritage information | |
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Information |
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Date_registered |
2005-03-08 |
Brief_description |
Regarded as one of the top ten coastal sites for waterbirds in the country. A sewage works on the Cape Flats; important foraging area for birds breeding and roosting at nearby Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary. There is an excellent diversity of waterbird species (72), with globally signi-ficant counts of seven species and nationally significant counts of a further three. Good numbers of Palearctic and African waders and terns occur in summer. High summer counts of Grey and Purple Herons, and winter counts of White Pelican, are also noteworthy. Most waterfowl are more numerous in summer, except for South African Shelduck and Southern Pochard. Habitat loss and disturbance will occur if a proposed ring road is built adjacent to sewage works. This site compromises ponds M1 + M2 + T1 + T2 + S1 + S2 + S3. Pond S3 is occasionally covered with Water Hyacinth. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 8.46 | 33 | ||||
269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 78.13 | 1095 | 250 | 125 | 190 |
1027 | Booby, Red-footed | Sula sula | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 49.40 | 151 | |||
48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 5.62 | 28 | |||
51 | Cormorant, Crowned | Microcarbo coronatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 5.24 | 58 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 29.99 | 294 | 130 | ||
203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.93 | 8 | |||
95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 8.00 | 15 | |||
103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 4.00 | 24 | |||
10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 21.67 | 60 | |||
104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.18 | 15 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 39.19 | 413 | |||
60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.40 | 3 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.18 | 27 | |||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 34.61 | 445 | |||
86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 290.59 | 1620 | 1250 | 625 | 750 |
87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 7.60 | 16 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 60.26 | 886 | |||
88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 66.76 | 654 | |||
5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 14.13 | 73 | |||
4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.32 | 3 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 20.98 | 210 | |||
263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 3.13 | 14 | |||
288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.93 | 8 | |||
289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 2 | 145.26 | 1322 | 250 | 125 | 300 |
287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 2 | 141.71 | 2118 | 300 | 150 | 700 |
10010 | Gull, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.40 | 6 | |||
69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.86 | 7 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.62 | 11 | |||
56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.02 | 17 | |||
57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.41 | 3 | |||
62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 49 | 49.00 | 49 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 171.26 | 1093 | 1000 | ||
83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 12.60 | 164 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.27 | 60 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.07 | 6 | |||
247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 10.48 | 96 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 8.57 | 32 | |||
231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 5.70 | 27 | 24 | ||
42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 20.58 | 150 | |||
272 | Phalarope, Red-necked | Phalaropus lobatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 17.25 | 75 | |||
241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 2 | 5.50 | 9 | |||
237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
1039 | Plover, Pacific Golden | Pluvialis fulva | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.93 | 18 | |||
235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
1332 | Pochard, Red-crested | Netta rufina | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 30.32 | 201 | |||
282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 1500 | 1500.00 | 1500 | 100 | 50 | |
258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 4.20 | 8 | |||
262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 6.75 | 39 | |||
94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 1 | 84.82 | 585 | 350 | 175 | 350 |
250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.56 | 10 | |||
270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 48.49 | 223 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 111.20 | 1000 | |||
80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | ||
208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.41 | 24 | |||
99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 1 | 3.60 | 20 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 29.22 | 225 | |||
97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 24.08 | 188 | |||
290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.38 | 7 | |||
291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 50.85 | 500 | |||
298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 18.57 | 280 | 250 | 200 | |
296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 14.00 | 60 | |||
10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 26 | 26.00 | 26 | |||
304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 85.57 | 320 | |||
685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 5.95 | 34 | |||
689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 2 | 2.00 | 2 |