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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 3387
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2000-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:45:00
    End time 14:45:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 63
    Total Count 8538
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		410
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		37720Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		14816Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2210Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		788Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		640
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		910Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		2330
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1000
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1720
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		130
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		340
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		770
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		35969Confirmed Breeding
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		40
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2392Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		510
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3130
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		800Probably Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		401Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		270Probably Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		80
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)    		1160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1356270Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		504250Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		120
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		70
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		730
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		180
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		640Probably Breeding
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    400Kingfisher, Mangrove
    (Halcyon senegaloides)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		170


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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