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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 3649
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2001-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1423
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		220
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		330
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		480
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		810
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2970
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		250
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		450
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		600
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2680
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		60
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		890
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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