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    Cape Vidal to Sodwana Bay (27523236)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500837
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27523236Cape Vidal to Sodwana Bay (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-01-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 5
    Total Count 241
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The figure for whitefronted plovers was about half less than normally counted in summer. We are not sure why but there have been other reported lower counts further down the coast of other water birds and sea mammals.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		620
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1700
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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