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Worcester Wastewater Works (33391926)
Western Cape
CWAC status	NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority	Unknown
Management status	LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2016-07-05
Brief_description
Multiple dams, multiple reed beds that are occasionally water filled. Aeration ponds and some open veld with disturbed grassland. 20% reed beds, 30% open dams, 15% open veld, 15% sludge ponds, 20% industrial area. Approximately 10ha of open water. Livestock and stray pets occasionally pass through the area.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	3	3.00	3
256		Calidris pugnax	25	25.00	25
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	1.50	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	12	42.86	116
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	2.40	5
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	5	5.00	5
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	2.44	5
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	6	6.00	6
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	1.75	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.00	1
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	5	38.33	139
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	10	59.43	203
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.00	1
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	16	47.75	165
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	2	15.00	53
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	31	31.00	31
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	5	20.67	39
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	3	3.00	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	8.91	32
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	6.20	16
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	2	29.33	63
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	15	15.00	15
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.67	9
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.25	4
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.60	3
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.50	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	13.85	61
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	12.00	18
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	4.50	9
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	43.62	122
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	8.62	20
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	5	5.00	5
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	3	16.77	55
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	9.10	19
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	3.00	4	-1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	3
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	4	4.00	4
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	6.80	21
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	5	28.62	70
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.67	2
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	20.40	67
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	14.67	32
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.00	3
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	6	41.23	77
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	18.15	58
0	Unknown, Unknown	Unknown Unknown	8	8.00	8
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	13.15	32

Thursday 25 April 2024 12:08
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Western Cape

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