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    Athlone WWTW - Combined (33571831)

    Western Cape

    Card 512441
    Compiler 16076
    Location code 33571831Athlone WWTW - Combined (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 11:09
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 240
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Burke Rosen
     
    16076Gerhard Bothma
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    420
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    210Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    910
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Monday 27 July 2026 10:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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