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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 4292
    Compiler 197
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2002-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 3168
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    202Crake, Baillon's
    (Zaporina pusilla)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70Probably Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20000
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


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    Monday 08 December 2025 02:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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