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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 510882
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-08-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 1144
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was very restricted access to this section as most of the area was cornered off with an electric fence. This is due to the presence of a Hippo which was in the North east corner of
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		7000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		490
    1027Booby, Red-footed
    (Sula sula)    		150


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