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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 6973
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2006-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45:00
    End time 11:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1493
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		250
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		121Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		850
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		750
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1780
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		250
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		450
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		280
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4080
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4110
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		380
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:49
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