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    Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (28573146)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509022
    Compiler 1765
    Location code 28573146Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2021-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:07
    End time 08:44
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 121
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Lorna Rautenbach
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 11:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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