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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2416
    Compiler 370
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1998-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1654
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		940
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		160
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		840
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1310
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		540
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		470
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4680
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4390
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		200
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		230
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Tuesday 04 November 2025 10:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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