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    Knysna Sewage Works (34042302)

    Western Cape

    Card 511958
    Compiler 23792
    Location code 34042302Knysna Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 420
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The sewage works grounds and ponds are still in a very bad condition, Vegetation overgrown, invasive alien plants abound, old ponds dry so no waterbirds can use them.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0K Gaskell
     
    0R Smith
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    91Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2580Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    111Confirmed Breeding
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    31Confirmed Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Tuesday 03 March 2026 08:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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