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    Mfolozi Estuary (28243225)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 502641
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28243225Mfolozi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-02-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 974
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Strong north winds prevented accurate identification of the waders. Waders were made up of curlew sandpipers, white-fronted plovers, three banded plovers and greenshanks.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    640
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    500
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    310
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    5180
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2500


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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