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    Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (34081955)

    Western Cape
    Card 501598
    Compiler 2112
    Location code 34081955Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 159
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 00089 - One pair with 6 large goslings. 00245 One pair with 2 juveniles.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		240Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120Confirmed Breeding


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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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