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Springbok Sewerage Works (29401753)
Northern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1995-01-20
Brief_description
A small site; sewage ponds, with open water and a little fringing vegetation of reeds. Two summer and two winter counts show mainly small numbers of the commoner wetland bird species, and also Great Crested and Blacknecked Grebes (in summer only). The most numerous species has been Cape Teal, with good counts both in summer and winter. The small amount of data available give little indication of seasonality of occurrence in most species, although both Palearctic and other shorebirds are more numerous in summer. No threats have been identified.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	2	2.00	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	2.20	4
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	5.13	26
1027	Booby, Red-footed	Sula sula	19	19.00	19
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	2	12.71	34
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	9	9.00	9
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	7	7.00	7
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	2.58	11
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	5.66	22
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	3	3.00	3
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	8.57	25
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	19.03	71
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	1.50	2
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	4	4.00	4
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	4	4.00	4
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	21.42	58
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.09	3
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.38	3
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	20.34	91
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	1.00	1
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	2.57	7
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	23.12	81
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	6.22	19
1039	Plover, Pacific Golden	Pluvialis fulva	1	1.00	1
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	13.95	70
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	7	7.00	7
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.08	5
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.00	3
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.65	11
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	14.05	64
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	10.48	38
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.33	5
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	11.92	33
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	3.50	7
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	1	1.00	1
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	6	45.81	104
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	2.14	5
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	2.00	3
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	14.30	54

Thursday 02 January 2025 04:35
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Springbok Sewerage Works (29401753)

Northern Cape

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