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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 166
    Compiler 55
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1993-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 380
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    200
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    170
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    190
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    120
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    320
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    100
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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