Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (34061832) | |
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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) |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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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 comprises ponds S4 + S5 + S6 + S7 + S8. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 6 | 27.73 | 65 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 114.22 | 593 | 250 | 125 | 190 |
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 135.46 | 2380 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 7.14 | 42 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.90 | 61 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 48.08 | 158 | 130 | ||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.11 | 3 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 2 | 3.50 | 4 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 4.70 | 18 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 17.58 | 214 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 39.43 | 186 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.40 | 3 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.15 | 13 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 34.12 | 205 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 423.59 | 1728 | 1250 | 625 | 750 |
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 18.56 | 37 | |||
| 44 | Gannet, Cape | Morus capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 266 | Godwit, Bar-tailed | Limosa lapponica | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 265 | Godwit, Black-tailed | Limosa limosa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 19.86 | 132 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 15.27 | 200 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 36.41 | 231 | 125 | ||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.30 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 3 | 80.02 | 463 | 250 | ||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.93 | 6 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.15 | 3 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 211.46 | 2069 | 250 | 125 | 300 |
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 38 | 435.64 | 1875 | 300 | 150 | 700 |
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.46 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.87 | 21 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.21 | 7 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.24 | 3 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 17.46 | 501 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 21.21 | 149 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 7.59 | 58 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.20 | 4 | |||
| 243 | Lapwing, Black-winged | Vanellus melanopterus | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 12.49 | 88 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 17.09 | 76 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.72 | 5 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 7.23 | 34 | 24 | ||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 17.02 | 101 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 9.11 | 40 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 2.20 | 5 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 1.97 | 13 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 36.78 | 444 | 250 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 5.80 | 20 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 4.30 | 22 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 151.74 | 961 | 350 | 175 | 350 |
| 93 | Shoveler, Northern | Anas clypeata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 55.45 | 377 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 32.20 | 250 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.63 | 10 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 12.43 | 57 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 90.02 | 843 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 45.94 | 357 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.75 | 4 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 6.63 | 20 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 56.81 | 1223 | 500 | 250 | 200 |
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 26.83 | 150 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 6.91 | 50 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 5 | 5.00 | 5 |
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