17 August 2008    
Milnerton Sewage Works    
     

Margaret and I spent a couple of hours at Milnerton Sewage Works this morning. There was nothing terribly exciting around and the only thing of any note was the presence of 2 White-throated Swallows, obviously early returning migrants. A number of species have recently bred and many species were accompanying young chicks or juveniles around including Egyptian Goose, Red-knobbed Coot, Hartlaub's Gull and Great White Pelican. After spending a bit of time here, we eventually left and headed off to SANCCOB rehabilitation centre to have a look at the Northern Rockhopper Penguin that had been brought in there after it had come ashore on Noordhoek beach a few weeks ago. Apart from a bit of moult, the bird appears to be in good health.

     
Hartlaub's Gull Cape Wagtail Cape Robin-chat
     
Cape Spurfowl Little Egret Lesser Swamp Warbler
     
female Cape Weaver male Southern Red Bishop Egyptian Goose
     
male Cape Shovellor Reed Cormorant White-throated Swallow
     
Black-winged Stilt Le Vaillant's Cisticola Yellow-billed Duck
     
Common Waxbill Little Rush Warbler Water Thick-knee
     
Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Blacksmith Lapwing
     
Three-banded Plover Common Moorhen Cape Canary
     
Laughing Dove Cape Teal male Southern Masked Weaver
     
Cape Bulbul Sacred Ibis Grey-headed Gull
     
male Pied Kingfisher Great White Pelican Little Grebe
     
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin
     

 

Full list of species recorded at Milnerton Sewage Works
   
Common Name Scientific Name Additional notes
     
Birds - 52 species    
     
Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis  
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris  
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca  
Cape Teal Anas capensis  
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata  
Cape Shoveler Anas smithii  
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha  
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma  
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis  
Rock Dove Columba livia  
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea  
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis  
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata  
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata  
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus  
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris  
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus  
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus  
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus  
Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii  
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis  
Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta  
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala  
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  
Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash  
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus  
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  
House Crow Corvus splendens  
Pied Crow Corvus albus  
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola  
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis 2 individuals - early returning migrants
Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis  
Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala  
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris  
Cape White-eye Zosterops capensis  
Le Vaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens  
Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa  
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra  
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  
Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis  
Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus  
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix  
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild  
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura  
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus  
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis  
Cape Canary Serinus canicollis  
     
     
Frogs - 1 species    
     
Clicking Stream Frog Strongylopus grayii