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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (34051830)

    Western Cape

    Card 512220
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34051830Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-04-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 2429
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    1740
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    120
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1900
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    2450
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1790
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    4300
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1750
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    570
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    360
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    440
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2400
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1370
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    870
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    470
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1900
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    600
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    170


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