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    Mfolozi Estuary (28243225)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 506311
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28243225Mfolozi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:15
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 238
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very strong south winds hampered observation of birds
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0T Nkosi
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    140
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    60
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    250


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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