Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape

    Card 511686
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-10-31
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 259
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pans that had been undergoing maintenance had recently been filled with water and the others (roughly 40%) had been drained for upcoming maintenance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    91Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    400
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    320
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    600
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Sunday 16 November 2025 01:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License