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    Rooiwal Sewage Works (25342814)

    Gauteng
    Card 669
    Compiler 68
    Location code 25342814Rooiwal Sewage Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 1996-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 522
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		240
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		970
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1000
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		130
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		100


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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