Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541) | |
|---|---|
Eastern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| 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 |
| 1994-01-09 |
| Brief_description |
| The settling ponds of a sewage works, with reedbeds which hold Little Bittern, Purple Heron, African Rail, Black Crake and Purple Gallinule. Small to moderate numbers of 41 waterbird species are recorded; most species for which reasonable counts exist appear to be commoner in winter, with the exception of Egyptian Goose, Yellowbilled Duck, Cape Shoveller and Grey- headed Gull. Few Palearctic migrants are recorded. Threats include sedimentation and eutrophication. Comprised of: Large freshwater stilling pond (receives treated effluent from sewerage works), Small freshwater stilling pond (receives water from Pond 1). |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 27.60 | 191 | ||||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.57 | 4 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 19.65 | 55 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 7.04 | 22 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.94 | 15 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 4.31 | 11 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 4 | 10.50 | 17 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 1017 | Duck, Mandarin | Aix galericulata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 6 | 58.06 | 138 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.42 | 7 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 3.33 | 7 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 5.08 | 13 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 23.14 | 85 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 15.07 | 79 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 4.27 | 20 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.30 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.04 | 8 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | 6.60 | 13 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.75 | 22 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.08 | 7 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 3.82 | 11 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 8.84 | 18 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 2.90 | 6 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 4.00 | 11 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.10 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 9.00 | 30 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 9.67 | 33 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 2.33 | 3 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.74 | 5 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 1.60 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 5.27 | 20 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.32 | 8 |
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