Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Mfolozi Estuary (28243225)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500381
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28243225Mfolozi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-08-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:50
    End time 12:24
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 9
    Total Count 171
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The Umfolozi estuary is closed but there is overtopping of sea water at spring high tide. There are few sand banks as the water is filling up with the closed mouth.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Myeza
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1260Probably Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License