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Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (34051830)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Cape Bird Club & City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information	SA116 - FALSE BAY PARK (PROPOSED)
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Date_registered
2005-03-08
Brief_description
Regarded as one of the top ten coastal sites for waterbirds in the country. A sewage works on the Cape Flats; important foraging area for birds breeding and roosting at nearby Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary. There is an excellent diversity of waterbird species (72), with globally signi-ficant counts of seven species and nationally significant counts of a further three. Good numbers of Palearctic and African waders and terns occur in summer. High summer counts of Grey and Purple Herons, and winter counts of White Pelican, are also noteworthy. Most waterfowl are more numerous in summer, except for South African Shelduck and Southern Pochard. Habitat loss and disturbance will occur if a proposed ring road is built adjacent to sewage works. This site compromises ponds P1 + P2 + P3 + P4 + P5 + P6.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.00	1
255		Calidris alba	15	15.00	15
256		Calidris pugnax	1	13.00	75
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	149.39	545	250	125	190
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	4	110.65	423
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	15.50	30
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	2	2.00	2
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	3.41	21
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	10.19	52
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.73	3
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.05	60
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	2	2.00	2
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.25	2
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	11.88	39
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
10034	Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed	Anas platyrhynchos x undulata	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	14.18	108			75
1298	Duck, Tufted	Aythya fuligula	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	1.00	1
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	7.00	25
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	5.59	15
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	43.90	249
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	1.69	4
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.66	13
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	26.84	158
14799	Egret, Yellow-billed	Egretta brachyrhyncha	1	1.00	1
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	543.42	3802	1250	625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	2	204.50	2506			600
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	1.86	3
265	Godwit, Black-tailed	Limosa limosa	3	3.00	3
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	83	83.00	83
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	53.81	200
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	14.09	118
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	39.20	440	250	125	240
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	3.89	66	50	25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	59.89	508	500	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.67	12
933	Gull, Black-headed	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	400	400.00	400
932	Gull, Franklin's	Leucophaeus pipixcan	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	3.08	30
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	2	199.58	1250	250	125	300
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	21	355.25	7525	300	150	700
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.69	6
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.47	15
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	5.32	19
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.57	5
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	3	70.65	747
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	13.18	122
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.39	26
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.20	3
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	61	61.00	61
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	33.18	136
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	25.24	153
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.85	11
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	1	1.00	1
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	1	10.85	38		24
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	20.85	117
272	Phalarope, Red-necked	Phalaropus lobatus	1	1.00	1
922	Plover, American Golden	Pluvialis dominica	1	1.00	1
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	14.51	80
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.67	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	9.70	80
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	6.43	112
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	28.64	168
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	4.11	31
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	2.75	12
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.40	5
895	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Calidris melanotos	1	1.50	2
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.69	4
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	9.42	55
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	12	290.07	1308	350	175	350
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.60	5
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	18.06	262	150	75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	51.75	346
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	91.69	500
985	Stint, Temminck's	Calidris temminckii	1	1.00	1
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	1	9.67	34			1
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	4.93	23
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	6.10	34
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	220.63	2200		1750	1600
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	32.49	429
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	6.78	69		68	20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	81.25	1015
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	42.34	335		250	200
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	21.13	130
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	7.14	30
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	84.63	314
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.13	6
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	2	2.00	2
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	10.37	74
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	1.00	1
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	1.00	1

Monday 19 January 2026 05:07
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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