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    Lake Sibaya (27213240)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500845
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:16
    End time 13:35
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1146
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The entire lake was not covered as we had boat problems. The water level is dropping (less rainfall and more abstraction by the communities).
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0S. Mantengu
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4720
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		240
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		470
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		600
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		170
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		220
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		980
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		120
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		260


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