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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 511705
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1243
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The eastern pans were all very full and the western pans had been dried out in preparation for maintenance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Donald Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		752Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		220
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		153
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1943Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		671Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		291Confirmed Breeding
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		580
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		4970
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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

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