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Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

Western Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority Cape Bird Club and City of Cape Town
Management status LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2013-07-10
Brief_description
Maturation and settling ponds in waste water treatment works

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax24.507  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta132.29135 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata147.73280   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.1940   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus527.6375   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.502   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata111.1458   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata349.29225   
61Egret, Western CattleArdea ibis14.6223   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2147.70866 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor871.50135   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca211.4647   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis17.9523   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis17.4629   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan11.001
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.5517   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii17244.15985250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus18.0338   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.646   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.755   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.172   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus216.0860   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus111.8645   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.3326   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus423.6375   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus17.9319   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax14.6513   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sAnarhynchus pecuarius15.6421   
238Plover, Three-bandedAnarhynchus tricollaris19.2647   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma15.6020   
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.005   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii125.59126   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus451.18190   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta110.7520   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis245.40194   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha230.52210   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii11.001   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1102.22309   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.1029
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Saturday 10 October 2026 11:47
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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