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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 512284
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-04-22
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 691
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The eastern pans which had recently undergone maintenance were full, but the western pans were dry in preparation for maintenance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Donald Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		734Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1030
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		580
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		390
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		101Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		490
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		660
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 02 May 2026 02:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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