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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500164
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1017
    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 Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Norman
     
    0L. Bingham
     
    0L. de Beer
     
    0P. Bartho
     
    0R. Cowgill
     
    0S. Davis
     
    0S. King
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		141Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		600
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		910
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1620
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		970
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		390
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1690
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1870
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		580
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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