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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500478
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 484
    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 River flowing strongly after heavy rain. Lots of debris, water hyacinth and water lettuce.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0I. Vahed
     
    0L. de Beer
     
    0M. Gill
     
    0R. Cowgill
     
    0T. Walls
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		192Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		250
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		290
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1390
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		180
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		560
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10


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    Monday 22 December 2025 04:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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