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Strandfontein Sewage Works: North (34041831)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Cape Bird Club & City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information	SA116 - FALSE BAY PARK (PROPOSED)
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Date_registered
2005-03-08
Brief_description
Regarded as one of the top ten coastal sites for waterbirds in the country. A sewage works on the Cape Flats; important foraging area for birds breeding and roosting at nearby Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary. There is an excellent diversity of waterbird species (72), with globally signi-ficant counts of seven species and nationally significant counts of a further three. Good numbers of Palearctic and African waders and terns occur in summer. High summer counts of Grey and Purple Herons, and winter counts of White Pelican, are also noteworthy. Most waterfowl are more numerous in summer, except for South African Shelduck and Southern Pochard. Habitat loss and disturbance will occur if a proposed ring road is built adjacent to sewage works. This site compromises ponds P7 + P8.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	3	3.00	3
4150	Albatross, Shy	Thalassarche cauta	2	2.00	2
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	70.61	289	250	125	190
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	133.21	677
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	3.50	6
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	3.57	22
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	3.82	35
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.50	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	5.94	40
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	1.50	2
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.00	1
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	3.40	9
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	18.08	158			75
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	1.00	1
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	3.33	8
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	11.29	46
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	37.76	191
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	2.00	7
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	7.98	124
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	40.96	184
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.39	4
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	333.43	1697	1250	625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	172.33	365
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	28.34	153
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	22.74	305
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	48.54	500	250	125	240
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	3.74	20
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	126.57	660	500	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.55	2
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	2.00	10
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	2	203.48	1535	250	125	300
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	955.06	2751	300	150	700
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.23	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.48	15
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.45	14
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.48	3
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	24.66	99
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	11.47	85
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	8.27	40
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.33	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.22	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	26.18	214
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	2	2.00	2
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	23.24	414
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.97	8
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	1	2.08	5
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	14.26	121
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	1.50	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	2.50	3
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	4.25	18
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	31.59	260		250
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	3.00	5
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	8.61	50
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	186.11	1621	350	175	350
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.75	3
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	18.53	121
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	48.50	98
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.70	4
10007	Swan, Black	Cygnus atratus	1	1.00	1
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	24.57	156
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	6	206.48	961
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	20.66	239
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.00	1
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	1.67	2
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	13.67	72
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	9	64.50	120
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	23.29	82		75
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	3.50	6
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	2.00	2
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	6.28	72
688	Wagtail, Mountain	Motacilla clara	5	5.00	5

Friday 30 January 2026 07:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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