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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2612
    Compiler 55
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1998-07-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 707
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)    		320
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		660
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		110
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		140
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		200
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		220
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		230
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		320
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		210
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		360
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		2000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500


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