Queenstown Sewage Works (31552650) | |
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Eastern Cape | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
Authority | Private |
Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
IBA information | |
Ramsar information | |
Heritage information | |
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Information |
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Date_registered |
1995-01-14 |
Brief_description |
This site includes open-water dams, sludge ponds and reedbeds. The only summer count was in 1995; winter counts are available 1995-97. Counts have been too few to show well-defined patterns of occurrence, apart from the summer influx of Palearctic shorebirds, but ibises and most waterfowl appear to be more numerous in winter (the exception being South African Shelduck), while Redknobbed Coot is commoner in summer. Avocet and Blacksmith Plover numbers are greater in summer, but Threebanded Plover is more numerous in winter. Good counts of Redbilled Teal and Blacksmith Plover are noteworthy. Pollution by domestic waste, and the encroachment of squatters, are severe threats, while the spread of alien water plants poses an important threat. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.43 | 2 | |||
256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 13 | 31.40 | 64 | |||
269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 26 | 26.00 | 26 | |||
212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 4 | 21.42 | 54 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 4.64 | 19 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 11.89 | 55 | |||
203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | |||
95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 29.25 | 95 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 5 | 47.83 | 104 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 23.91 | 110 | |||
149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.17 | 2 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 25.73 | 128 | |||
88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 19.75 | 49 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 8.11 | 28 | |||
263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 6.33 | 28 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.20 | 8 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 4 | 18.64 | 52 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 8.33 | 25 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 5 | 35.75 | 69 | |||
509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 2.80 | 6 | |||
69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 4 | 4.67 | 5 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 4 | 19.33 | 40 | |||
102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.75 | 8 | |||
264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 4.33 | 9 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 11.00 | 44 | |||
94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 4 | 12.20 | 37 | |||
250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.80 | 7 | |||
85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 5.67 | 15 | |||
270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 4 | 25.50 | 57 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 23 | 107.58 | 247 | |||
685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 8.17 | 18 |