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    Mpenjati River Estuary (30563018)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500150
    Compiler 1586
    Location code 30563018Mpenjati River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:20
    End time 16:35
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 632
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Dobson
     
    0N. Dobson
     
    0R. Dobson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		70
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		710
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		4500
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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