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    Mossel Bay Sewage Works (34072206)

    Western Cape

    Card 512457
    Compiler 24388
    Location code 34072206Mossel Bay Sewage Works (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:50
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 238
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 5Eutrophication
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    310
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    300
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    320
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    290
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    350
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    100


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    Monday 27 July 2026 08:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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