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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 2538
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 1998-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 328
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		280
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		310
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		160
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		460
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		500
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Friday 24 October 2025 11:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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