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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (34051830)

    Western Cape
    Card 509330
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34051830Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-01-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 3792
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Generally high water levels with very few beaches suitable for waders.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J Ackroyd
     
    0J Eva
     
    0J Magner
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		240
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		270
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		1000
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		860
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		9210
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		410
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		7110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		940
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		680
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1140
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		4150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		650
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1890
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5050
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		290
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1080
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 04:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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