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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 512420
    Compiler 11352
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:40
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 3239
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H Davies
     
    0J Smit
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		740
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		26610
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		290
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		70
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		820
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		440
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		820
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		890
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		400
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Monday 27 July 2026 08:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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