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    Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (29173117)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503186
    Compiler 11088
    Location code 29173117Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 366
    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 Weather was perfect. about 9 degree to start going to 19 degree at end, no wind at all.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		180
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		880
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		190
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		160
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 03:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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