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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506245
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2017-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 465
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Elena Russell
     
    0John Bremner
     
    0Lesley Frescura
     
    0Ros Formo
     
    0Sandi du Preez
     
    371Steve Davis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		90
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		650
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		600
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1890
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		70
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		490
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    4136Black-backed Gull, Lesser
    (Larus fuscus)    		10


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    Monday 22 December 2025 04:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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