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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 511426
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-05-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:10
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 625
    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 About 60% of the pans were completely dry due to ongoing maintenance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    106Mel Tripp
     
    11090Simon Fogarty
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		490
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1050
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		310
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		620
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1650
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Friday 27 June 2025 01:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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