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    Knysna Sewage Works (34042302)

    Western Cape
    Card 503580
    Compiler 201
    Location code 34042302Knysna Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 242
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Major upgrade of sewage works continues. Some ponds totally overgrown with reeds. Disturbance by labourers and machinery.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		111Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		301Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		121Confirmed Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		130Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		281Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		890


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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