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    Mossel Bay Sewage Works (34072206)

    Western Cape
    Card 511792
    Compiler 23949
    Location code 34072206Mossel Bay Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:15
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 830
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11619Rudi Minnie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		820
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		760
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		500
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		290
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		930
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		740
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		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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