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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 509895
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:02
    End time 10:18
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1004
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The eastern pans were very full, with no shallow/muddy areas for waders. The western pans were completely dry with a lot of alien vegetation, so virtually no birds in them at all.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Pringle
     
    17015Joel Radue
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		275Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		770
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		170
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		6840
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 08:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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