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    Mlalazi River Estuary (28573147)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 1012
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28573147Mlalazi River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1997-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:15:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 72
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		290
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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