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    Mtamvuna Estuary (31043011)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 504981
    Compiler 1586
    Location code 31043011Mtamvuna Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:55
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 228
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    140
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    90
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    130
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)
    30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    510
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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