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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 502494
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-07-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1277
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Habitat change at lower dams; shallower water with more islands with grassy cover.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		770
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		850
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		650
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		6370
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		530
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		290
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		680Possibly Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		400
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		720
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10


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    Friday 24 October 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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