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    Mfolozi Estuary (28243225)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 9022
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28243225Mfolozi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2007-08-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09.45.00
    End time 10.00.00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 6
    Total Count 173
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The estuary was closed - overtopping by seawater at spring high tides. The sand banks had been submerged.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1460
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		130


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    Friday 24 October 2025 06:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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