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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502085
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-10-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 637
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		90
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		650
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		131Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		830
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		440
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1800
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		410
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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