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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (34051830)

    Western Cape
    Card 511366
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34051830Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-04-13
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:05
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1972
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Disturbance - Due to construction taking place on Pan S3 there is a constant flow of heavy vehicles travelling from the Central Hub along the road between P3 and P4 and then parking along this road before offloading their cargo.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H Davies
     
    0W Silbemagel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		670
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		7470
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		2200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		540
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		4650
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		890
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		370
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		210
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		530
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Sunday 20 April 2025 08:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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