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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape

    Card 511746
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:05
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 5660
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J Doherty
     
    0J Smit
     
    0R Nathan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    300
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    490
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    240
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    39950
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    770
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    2500
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    880
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    340
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    760
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    460
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    960
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    4560
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2370
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    110


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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