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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 6209
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2005-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1042
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		40
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		750
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		150
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		310
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1060
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4310
    295Tern, Sooty
    (Onychoprion fuscatus)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		420
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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