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    Mlalazi River Estuary (28573147)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501655
    Compiler 1765
    Location code 28573147Mlalazi River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:26
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 80
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1 Juvenile African Fish Eagle.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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