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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 510888
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-08-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:30
    End time 10:40
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 392
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes About 50% of the pans had no birds, due to a breakdown at the works whereby poorly treated water had to be let into the pans. This situation was aggravated by the heavy winter rains. They did manage to contain the flow of contaminated water into the other 50% of the pans, which had birds in them.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1500
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		91Confirmed Breeding
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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