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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 916
    Compiler 415
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1996-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 358
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		60
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		450
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		580
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Monday 08 December 2025 02:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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