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    Mossel Bay Sewage Works (34072206)

    Western Cape
    Card 511793
    Compiler 23949
    Location code 34072206Mossel Bay Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1216
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11619Rudi Minnie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		6710
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		310
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1560
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		380
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		550
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		800
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		200


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    Sunday 01 February 2026 08:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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