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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502787
    Compiler 11088
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 169
    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 full high tide for estuaries is technically not true because it was low tide but the uMvoti river is so full that it may well have been high tide. This also made it impossible to access the northern beach and the upper estuarine area which is normally a good birding area. No birds were counted in the estuarine area as a result.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		90
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		110
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		340
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		850
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Monday 08 December 2025 02:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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