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    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 2781
    Compiler 392
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 1999-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 5662
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		440
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		180
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		720
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		840
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		710
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1640
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		460
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		740
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		800
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		490
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		3910
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		23370
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		1160
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		4640
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		5540
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		340
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3840
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2070
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		290
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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