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    Springbok Sewerage Works (29401753)

    Northern Cape

    Card 511708
    Compiler 18198
    Location code 29401753Springbok Sewerage Works (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-11
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:29
    End time 08:21
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 352
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The sewerage work oxidation ponds were only 1/4 full. This is unusual. Maybe everybody was away during the December holiday.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    270
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    290
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    1210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    660
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    210
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 06:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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