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    Athlone WWTW - Combined (33571831)

    Western Cape
    Card 506645
    Compiler 6634
    Location code 33571831Athlone WWTW - Combined (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 872
    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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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Beth Reitz
     
    0Fay Linder
     
    0Jessie Blackshaw
     
    6511Gill Ford
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		950
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		210
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		280
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1870
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1290
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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