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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500041
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-03-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 13447
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Flight was at 300 feet. The birds were widely distributed and hence counting was very intense. Some birds were missed as a result. This count is considered accurate for the larger birds but less so for the smaller birds. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Myeza
     
    0G. Nanni
     
    0M. Bowker
     
    0R. Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		2030
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		41400
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1550
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		350
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		1190
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		420
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1760
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		40
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		920
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		500
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		6020
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		5350
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		210
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		350
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1760
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2030
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		16230
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		1940
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		41750
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2950


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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