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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 4281
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2002-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 1903
    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 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1700
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		410
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		123Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		910
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1070
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3400
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		610
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		600
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		210
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		170
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		750
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		6000
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		600
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		680
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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