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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 500187
    Compiler 207
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 750
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Sutherland
     
    0B. Nicholson
     
    0D. Rollinson
     
    0P. Outhwaite
     
    0R. Kok
     
    0R. Lupton
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    370
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)
    560
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    480
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    100
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)
    100
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    520
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    1820
    273, Crab-plover
    (Dromas ardeola)
    10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    700
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    770
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    830
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)
    380
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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