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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (34061832)

    Western Cape
    Card 509868
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061832Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-01-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 1
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 523
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Strong south-easterly wind at times. Apart from a little standing water in S4 the Pans were generally completely dry. There was also water in two canals, which produced most of the birds including a pair of Fulvous Whistling ducks with two duckling
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G Ford
     
    0R Nathan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		320
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		660


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    Saturday 10 January 2026 02:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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