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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 4290
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2002-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:45:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 55
    Openwater covered 55
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 1779
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		280
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		370
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		510
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		510
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		670
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		320
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		480
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		980
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		140
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		200
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		270
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		710
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		310
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		730
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		220
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		300
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		3360
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1050
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		910
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		2630
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		250
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		160
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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