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    Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works (33501832)

    Western Cape
    Card 511696
    Compiler 23985
    Location code 33501832Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-11-21
    Season OOther
    Start time 11:30
    End time 12:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 83
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count conducted on windy conditions.Construction in progress
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60Possibly Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    273, Crab-plover
    (Dromas ardeola)    		00
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		450
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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