Dandora Ponds (01143701) | |
|---|---|
Kenya | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | |
| Management status | LOCAL MUNICIPALITY |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2016-10-23 |
| Brief_description |
| The main sewage treatment ponds for Nairobi city. The ponds have long been known as an important site for waterbirds and very large numbers of terns and duck can be found there during the boreal winter. |
| Physical_features |
| Large rectangular oxygenation ponds with steep-sided concrete walls. Large bunds between ponds form popular roosting sites for birds. |
| Hydrological_features |
| Water quality in the ponds varies from one end to the other as the water is gradually cleaned. |
| Ecological_features |
| Surrounded by open grasslands which are now rapidly being urbanised. Some thicket and scrub also on the Nairobi River side and riverine woodland - but again rapidly disappearing. Some hippopotamus also live in the ponds and other wildlife is known to also occur. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 67 | 67.00 | 67 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | ||||
| 885 | Anas querquedula | 108 | 108.00 | 108 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 80 | 80.00 | 80 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 26 | 26.00 | 26 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 74 | 74.00 | 74 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 63 | 63.00 | 63 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 337 | 337.00 | 337 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 196 | 196.00 | 196 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 166 | Harrier, Western Marsh | Circus aeruginosus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 144 | 144.00 | 144 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 23 | 23.00 | 23 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 82 | 82.00 | 82 | |||
| 1031 | Lapwing, Spur-winged | Vanellus spinosus | 161 | 161.00 | 161 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 32 | 32.00 | 32 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 150 | 150.00 | 150 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 96 | 96.00 | 96 | |||
| 259 | Sandpiper, Green | Tringa ochropus | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 28 | 28.00 | 28 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 292 | 292.00 | 292 | |||
| 93 | Shoveler, Northern | Anas clypeata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 218 | 218.00 | 218 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 677 | 677.00 | 677 | |||
| 73 | Stork, Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 94 | 94.00 | 94 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 110 | 110.00 | 110 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 250 | 250.00 | 250 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 |
Saturday 19 April 2025 12:37
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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