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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 1002
    Compiler 370
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1997-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 2007
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		180
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		540
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1700
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		380
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		3680
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		6500
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		300
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		420
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		2700
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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