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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (34061832)

    Western Cape
    Card 94156
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061832Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-06-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1938
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level still extremely low, Nida advised that the lagoon breach closed at the end of October 2006
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		260
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1920
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		110
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		620
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2560
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1530
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		650
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		6040
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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