Umhlanga Treatment Works (29413105) | |
|---|---|
KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-16 |
| Brief_description |
| One large and four small maturation ponds with short-grassed banks, some reedbeds, thick fringing vegetation, and trees which held a roost of Little Bittern, Greenbacked Heron, large herons, egrets, ibises, cormorants, etc. Formerly provided varied habitat for a wide range of waterbirds but habitat allowed to degenerate recently: ponds have not been cleaned and have become covered with invasive Salvinia molesta; most fish have probably died; thick fringing reeds and bush have been cleared, and roost trees were removed. A very sharp drop in the total count occurred after summer 1993; since then total counts and species numbers have continued to decline. Counts show a summer peak of cormorants, most waterfowl, and Moorhen and Red- knobbed Coot; African Jacana is resident and White Pelicans have occurred in summer. Small numbers of waders frequent the pond edges, shallow water and grassy banks. Lesser Jacana has been recorded. Two ponds have been cleared of Salvinia so conditions may improve. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.83 | 4 | ||||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 5.40 | 11 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.33 | 10 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.40 | 12 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 3.25 | 5 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 3 | 10.20 | 24 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 5.27 | 19 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 3.20 | 10 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 4 | 6.00 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 2.25 | 6 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 6.09 | 14 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 4 | 8.83 | 15 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 2.57 | 5 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 4.44 | 10 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 8 | 39.50 | 71 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.71 | 5 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 3 | 6.20 | 13 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 17.50 | 34 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 3.50 | 8 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 3 | 6.50 | 15 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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