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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 5696
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 2004-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 2307
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		370Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		290
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1370
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		630
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1010
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		180
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2680
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		630
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		5160
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		350
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		430
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		570
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		7510
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		330
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		70


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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