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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500851
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 15771
    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 300 Caspian Tern nests.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G. Nanni
     
    0M. Bowker
     
    0R. Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		910
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		31310
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2410
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1450
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		160
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		370
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		680
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		60
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		3540
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		2240
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		22270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1060
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1340
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		160
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		7950
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		546300Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		75300
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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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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