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    Knysna Sewage Works (34042302)

    Western Cape

    Card 511525
    Compiler 201
    Location code 34042302Knysna Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 216
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Not a satisfactory count, as usual in the last few years. Property in a shocking state: vegetation overgrown. Many original ponds inaccesible.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0K Gaskell
     
    0P Nurse
     
    0T Gaskell
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    71Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    290
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    570
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    30Possibly Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    90
    273, Crab-plover
    (Dromas ardeola)
    100
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    81Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 06:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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