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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 5552
    Compiler 46
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2004-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1528
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		180
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		860
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1900
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		30
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		380
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1710
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1000
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		600
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1060
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1350
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		320
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		100
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		550
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		750
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		760
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    981Sandpiper, Broad-billed
    (Calidris falcinellus)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3000


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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