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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (34051830)

    Western Cape

    Card 512702
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34051830Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-10-11
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:20
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1830
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J Magner
     
    0R Douglas
     
    0Z Kaspersen
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Ardea ibis)
    200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1730
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2400
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    580
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    7630
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    240
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Anarhynchus tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    650
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    200
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1770
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    30


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    Monday 19 October 2026 11:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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