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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 501186
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-11
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1817
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan S3 still > 90% covered with water hyacinth.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D.Barnes
     
    0G.Eva
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1720
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		420
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		620
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		12380
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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