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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: North (34041831)

    Western Cape
    Card 8075
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34041831Strandfontein Sewage Works: North (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2799
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Initially misty, cleared later.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		90
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1500
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1480
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		440
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		200
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		960Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1370
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		330
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2330
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		430
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		580
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2420
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		830
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		11610
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1640
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		10


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    Wednesday 29 October 2025 12:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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