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    Richards Bay Wetlands (28493202)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2818
    Compiler 55
    Location code 28493202Richards Bay Wetlands (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1999-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1371
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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)    		90
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		600
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		430
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		450
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		200
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1070
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		130
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		360
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		810
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		910
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		230
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		5600
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		240
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		860
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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