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    Umlazi River Canal (29573057)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505455
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29573057Umlazi River Canal (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 683
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Much alien water vegetation (water hyacinth, water lettuce) and solid pollution (plastic and debris, etc).
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Paul Bartho
     
    0Sally Bartho
     
    370Roy Cowgill
     
    371Steve Davis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		280
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		660
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1120
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		130
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		1410
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		450
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		260
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		550


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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