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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 493
    Compiler 38
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1995-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 2061
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		260
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		310
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		290
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4370
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		590
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		300
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		8150
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2270
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		460
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		80
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2350
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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