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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2998
    Compiler 55
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1999-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 547
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		490
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		780
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		200
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		490
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		80
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)    		120
    286Skua, Subantarctic
    (Stercorarius antarcticus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		400
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		260
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		780
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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