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Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

Western Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority Cape Bird Club and City of Cape Town
Management status LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2013-07-10
Brief_description
Maturation and settling ponds in waste water treatment works

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax24.507  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta133.43135 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata145.61280   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.2640   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus525.5475   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.502   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata112.0058   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata348.61225   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis14.4023   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2149.73866 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor871.50135   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca211.5847   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis18.5823   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis16.9429   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan11.001
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.7917   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii17258.92985250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus18.1938   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.706   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.775   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.172   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus216.3360   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus112.1945   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.5126   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus424.1375   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus17.7619   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.0713   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.6421   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris19.3847   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma15.6020   
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.005   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii125.08126   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus453.41190   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta110.7520   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis242.68194   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha230.97210   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii11.001   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1102.22309   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.4229
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Friday 30 January 2026 07:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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