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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 145
    Compiler 38
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1993-01-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2157
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)    		530
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		280
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1380
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		8310
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4960
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		70
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		770
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		100
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1700
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Monday 22 December 2025 04:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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