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Strandfontein Sewage Works: Combined (34051831)
Western Cape
CWAC status	DISCONTINUED
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)
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1992-01-12
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.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
255		Calidris alba	1	10.33	21
256		Calidris pugnax	1	34.19	416
72		Scopus umbretta	1	2.31	6
885		Anas querquedula	1	1.00	1
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.38	3
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	244.88	1704	250	125	190
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	55	594.03	4257		2500
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	3212.86	51009	5500	2750	3000
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	25.89	308
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	154.73	511			130
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.50	2			-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.61	5
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	1.25	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	17.62	147
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	50.00	1237	600	300	250
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.50	2
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	7.32	27
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	59.54	431	430	215	75
1298	Duck, Tufted	Aythya fuligula	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	3.25	8
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	9.23	136		110
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	4.76	24
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	5	125.04	1102		850	1000
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.19	4
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	3.22	21
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	8.63	46
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	4	134.32	685
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.65	4
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	1156.74	5269	1250	625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	65.77	912			600
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	5	12.00	19
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	2.33	5
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	7	168.62	1098
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	26.10	805			710
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	205.46	1380	250	125	240
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	8.21	51	50	25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	8	298.08	1813	500	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	6.58	105
933	Gull, Black-headed	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	1	1.00	1
932	Gull, Franklin's	Leucophaeus pipixcan	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	2.14	17
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	7	718.62	3543	250	125	300
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	79	875.68	3685	300	150	700
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	3.72	13
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	7.19	20
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	14.97	57
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	4.41	65
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	122.21	1460		1000
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	50.38	328
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	10.12	40
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	111.14	772
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.71	4
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.33	7
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.47	9
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	1	1.25	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	7	100.32	413
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.67	2
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	69.41	484
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.99	28
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	1	12.70	46		24
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	82.83	360			300
272	Phalarope, Red-necked	Phalaropus lobatus	1	1.50	2
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	1	1.00	1
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	27.39	201
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	7.50	138
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	9.88	100
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	6.87	82
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	2.69	18
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	253.06	1332	500	250	460
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.00	1			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	3.91	115
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	69.15	795
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	4.53	31
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.65	21
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	12.30	107
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	17	536.39	2046	350	175	350
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.79	5
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	13.97	711	150	75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	167.60	587		500
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	231.17	1002
972	Stint, Long-toed	Calidris subminuta	1	1.00	1
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	150	150.00	150			1
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	9.93	41
10007	Swan, Black	Cygnus atratus	1	1.00	1
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	3.17	11
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	18	407.53	1975		1750	1600
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	94.72	616
292	Tern, Antarctic	Sterna vittata	2	514.00	1026	70	35	122
294	Tern, Arctic	Sterna paradisaea	1	351.71	2004
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	6.56	451	135	68	20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	147.57	2007			1800
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	92.63	941	500	250	200
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	178.19	3027	1500	750	1700
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	5	96.00	187	150	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	730.05	6464	2000	1000
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.41	5
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	5.30	30
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	50	50.00	50
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	55	55.00	55
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	87.52	420
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	1.00	1
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	1.36	3

Tuesday 16 December 2025 05:42
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Western Cape

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