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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502567
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 647
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		201Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		500
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		770
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		70
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1920
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		540
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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