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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 512223
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-04-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2128
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The African Sacred Ibis on the adjacent Tip were not counted. The site was revisited on Thursday 16 April and this number was estimated at 200. The overall figures for African Sacred Ibis show a considerable drop in numbers from the previous two counts.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		640
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4150
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		430
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		3320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		670
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1510
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		610
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		490
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1070
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2610
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3750
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 04 June 2026 09:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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