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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 507576
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2019-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 346
    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 extensive plastic pollution
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anneli Mynhardt
     
    0Elena Russell
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		221Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		160
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		330
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1220
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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