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    Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (34061831)

    Western Cape
    Card 94023
    Compiler 1228
    Location code 34061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-11-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 2826
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		660
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1310
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		740
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1290
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		300
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		110
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		350
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10950
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		720Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1300
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5050
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		400
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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