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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 512706
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-10-11
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:10
    End time 10:25
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 3146
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    0H Liebling
     
    0J Dogerty
     
    0W Silbemagel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		310
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Ardea ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		22970
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		290
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1580
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		710
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Anarhynchus pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		840
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1910
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Saturday 24 October 2026 07:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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