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    Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (28573146)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 500961
    Compiler 1765
    Location code 28573146Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 09:10
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 116
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    170
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    270
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    200
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    110


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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