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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505387
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 914
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Frankie Berghorst
     
    0Peter Farrington
     
    370Roy Cowgill
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1190
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		190
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		780
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		790
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50


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    Friday 30 January 2026 09:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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