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Wellington Waste Water Works (33391858)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1997-02-08
Brief_description
Open ponds; some relatively undisturbed unused ponds have small patches of flooded grass and small Typha and Phragmites beds interspersed with mud and open patches. Counted first in 1997, when good numbers of ducks and Blackwinged Stilt were found in winter, while in summer good counts of Moorhen and Blacksmith Plover were recorded, and an exceptionally good total of 54 Ethiopian Snipe. Holds possibly 10 pairs of Purple Gallinule, 5-10 pairs of Black Crake; otherwise not significant for rails. Listed threats include eutrophication, the accumulation of solid waste, and hunting and trapping of birds.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.00	1
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	2	4.33	7
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	1.33	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	31.52	154
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	3.00	7
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	2.30	6
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.00	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.25	6
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	2.67	8
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	13.95	64
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	1.00	1
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	3.30	8
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	9.22	19
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	3	41.08	280
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	2.50	5
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.40	2
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	2	35.35	152
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.50	2
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	11	88.75	231
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	4	18.20	63
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	7.39	37
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	2.75	6
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	4	38.25	108
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	5.17	20
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	51.89	199	125
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	59.56	290	150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.25	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.00	5
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.23	2
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.10	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	3	47.75	170
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	22.06	92
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.36	11
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.73	5
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.50	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	33.67	101
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	2	2.00	2
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	7	19.12	57
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	2	2.00	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	8	8.00	8
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	10.35	51
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	10.25	24
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.13	5
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	11.50	21
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	2	3.40	5
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	3	27.54	68
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	16.80	55
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.60	3
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	3	33.54	173
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	93	93.00	93
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	3.00	7
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	4.50	7
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	5	26.60	160
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	3	51.00	217
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	15	195.75	593
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.86	4
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	11.00	21
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	7.75	30

Saturday 21 December 2024 06:59
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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