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    Springbok Sewerage Works (29401753)

    Northern Cape
    Card 511858
    Compiler 18198
    Location code 29401753Springbok Sewerage Works (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:22
    End time 10:51
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 305
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes For unknown reasons the sewerage are bypassing the oxidation ponds by a new channel and end up downstream in the last soil dam as raw sewerage. The purpose of the oxidation ponds are specifically there to filter the sewerage before reaching the last soil dam. Most of the oxidation ponds are about 5% full, while the last soil dam is about 50% full. Most of the birds are found at the last dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		390
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		520
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		560
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		330
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 04:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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