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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 501185
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-04-05
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1310
    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 95% of pan S3 still covered with water hyancinth.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D.Barnes
     
    0P.Meadows
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		510
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		430
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		800
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1070
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		410
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		5760
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		680
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		600
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		420
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1290
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		20


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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