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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 500124
    Compiler 1894
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 132
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The water levels in the estuary were extremely high and there were no islands for waders to rest on. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Comrie
     
    0C. Green
     
    0C. Macdonald
     
    0D. Cowie
     
    0D. Watson
     
    0G. du Sautoy
     
    0H. Comrie
     
    0L. Watson
     
    0M. Green
     
    0M. McClean
     
    0P. McClean
     
    0W. du Sautoy
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    240
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    265Godwit, Black-tailed
    (Limosa limosa)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    610
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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