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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2807
    Compiler 145
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1999-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 09:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1506
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1000
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		6000
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4000
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		500
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		200
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		200


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    Monday 22 December 2025 04:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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