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    Mfolozi Estuary (28243225)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502075
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28243225Mfolozi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2087
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1000
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		420
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6450
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		530
    273, Crab-plover
    (Dromas ardeola)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		280
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		170
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		420
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		270
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1280
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		9310
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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