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    Athlone WWTW - Combined (33571831)

    Western Cape
    Card 506639
    Compiler 6634
    Location code 33571831Athlone WWTW - Combined (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:00
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1978
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ian Cranna
     
    6511Gill Ford
     
    6634Dick Bos
     
    16076GJ BOTHMA BOTHMA
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		680
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		550
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		550
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		460
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		720
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		270
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		8980
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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