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

    Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (28573146)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500567
    Compiler 1765
    Location code 28573146Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 67
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F.Rautenbach
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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

    Saturday 20 December 2025 11:11
    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