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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 267
    Compiler 38
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1994-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1887
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		400
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		220
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		5450
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2880
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		5480
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1650
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		520
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		980
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 23 November 2024 09:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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