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    Macassar Waste Water Treatment Works (34041845)

    Western Cape

    Card 512224
    Compiler 23877
    Location code 34041845Macassar Waste Water Treatment Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:28
    End time 16:09
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 225
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    700
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    500
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10


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    Monday 25 May 2026 10:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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