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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503475
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2014-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 503
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		730
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1000
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1340
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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