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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 512452
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:10
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 328
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The eastern pans were mostly full and the western pans were mainly dry due to ongoing maintenance.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Donald Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		171Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		470
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		591Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Monday 27 July 2026 09:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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