Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 3256
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2000-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 1546
    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
    Notes 1
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		260
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		260
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		340
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		930
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2210
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		760
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		520
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		150
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3280
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3600
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		280
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		480
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		370
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		920
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License