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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape

    Card 511665
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-10-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:10
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 3635
    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 One adult Cape Shoveler with 3 chicks was observed.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H Davies
     
    0W Silbemagel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    810
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    18970
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    3730
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    4040
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    1490
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    230
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    110
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1480
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1950
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2030
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60


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    Monday 20 October 2025 05:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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