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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511992
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2020-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:50
    End time 09:50
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 76
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Undercount of birds in reeds. Top pond 60% covered in dying off water lettuce Pistia stratiola and sewerage sludge (latter because WWTW not being managed properly following retirement of the senior operating supervisor). Bottom pond sludgy sewerage water trickling through reeds. Just one path of open water visible (rest of pond covered in reeds)
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		51Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Friday 13 March 2026 03:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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