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    Mpenjati River Estuary (30563018)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 504965
    Compiler 1586
    Location code 30563018Mpenjati River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:35
    End time 11:05
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 279
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		70
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		310
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Wednesday 17 December 2025 05:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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