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    Knysna Sewage Works (34042302)

    Western Cape
    Card 510583
    Compiler 201
    Location code 34042302Knysna Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 465
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Not a satisfactory count. The sewage works property is in a shocking state, vegetation overgrown, old open ponds now dry, so ono water birds on these ponds any longer. Litter smelly, not cleared. counted on less than half the original site
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1319Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		661Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		640
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1322Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		141Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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