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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 504024
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 527
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pouring rain and poor visibility. Only tanks and dams were counted. Surrounding fields were too wet to access.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		220
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		440
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		310
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1000
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		630
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		290
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		870
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:52
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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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