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    Durban Bayhead NHS (29533101)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502215
    Compiler 370
    Location code 29533101Durban Bayhead NHS (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 322
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Incoming spring tide. All birds counted within period from low water to no exposed mud banks. Bait collecting.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		340
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		510
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		740
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		90
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		300
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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