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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 511541
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:20
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 401
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes About 55% of the pans were completely dry due to ongoing maintenance. The rest of the pans were full.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		510
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		460
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		480
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		470
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1030
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 09:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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