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Worcester Wastewater Works (33391926)
Western Cape
CWAC status	NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority	Unknown
Management status	LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2016-07-05
Brief_description
Multiple dams, multiple reed beds that are occasionally water filled. Aeration ponds and some open veld with disturbed grassland. 20% reed beds, 30% open dams, 15% open veld, 15% sludge ponds, 20% industrial area. Approximately 10ha of open water. Livestock and stray pets occasionally pass through the area.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	25	25.00	25
72		Scopus umbretta	3	3.00	3
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	1.50	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	12	43.88	116
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	2.67	5
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	5	5.00	5
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.58	5
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	6	6.00	6
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	1.75	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.00	1
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	1.00	1
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	5	35.08	139
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	10	53.24	203
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.00	1
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	6	45.40	165
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	2	15.00	53
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	8	19.50	31
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	5	21.27	39
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	3	3.00	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	11.08	32
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	5.33	16
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	2	25.13	63
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	2	8.50	15
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.22	4
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.75	3
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.00	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	13.63	61
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	12.00	18
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.31	15
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	40.00	122
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	9.81	20
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.67	9
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	5	5.00	5
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	14.73	55
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	12.00	58
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	3.00	4	-1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	3
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	6.80	21
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	4	4.00	4
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	28.69	70
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.67	2
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	19.50	67
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	14.67	32
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.00	3
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	6	42.88	95
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	18.94	58
0	Unknown, Unknown	Unknown Unknown	8	8.00	8
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	11.94	32

Monday 27 July 2026 06:21
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Worcester Wastewater Works (33391926)

Western Cape

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