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    Durban Bayhead NHS (29533101)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 117
    Compiler 38
    Location code 29533101Durban Bayhead NHS (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1993-01-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45:00
    End time 09:00:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 575
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		260
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		400
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2580
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		320
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		930
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		120
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Wednesday 17 December 2025 05:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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