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Queenstown Sewage Works (31552650)
Eastern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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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
256		Calidris pugnax	13	31.40	64
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.43	2
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

Sunday 22 December 2024 03:41
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Queenstown Sewage Works (31552650)

Eastern Cape

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