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    Durban Bayhead NHS (29533101)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500268
    Compiler 370
    Location code 29533101Durban Bayhead NHS (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:30
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 105
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count terminated at 15h00 as no mud flats exposed on incoming tide and no swimming birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0L. Bingham
     
    0S. Davis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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