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    Wellington Waste Water Works (33391858)

    Western Cape
    Card 506210
    Compiler 11587
    Location code 33391858Wellington Waste Water Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 432
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There were few birds despite the wetland being in good condition i.t.o of open water fringed by reeds and other healthy vegetation. Additional Species where Booted Eagle 1, Jackal Buzzard 1, Helmeted Guineafowl 1, Fiscal Flycatcher 1, Southern Masked Weaver (B) 5, and Common Fiscal 1.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Pikkie Rousseau
     
    2079Jo Hobbs
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		250
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1030
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		630
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		610
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Thursday 08 January 2026 07:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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