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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502212
    Compiler 1894
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 103
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The river was extremely full and there were no exposed sandbanks. I am sure that this reduced the numbers of waders.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		290
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		270
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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