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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503255
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2012-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 43649
    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 The richness of the lake can be ascribed to a number of factors: the drying-down condition of the lake which concentrates food and nutrients, the dry conditions in the region forcing the birds to move into taking refuge in St Lucia and we believe there are large populations of tilapia providing an abundance of fish for the fish-feeders The waders are migrants and this is the peak of the period when they are in South Africa.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1780
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		69850
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5720
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1850
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		270
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		3170
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1030
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		100
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		13600
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		230
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		7170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		62100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1920
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7810
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		7350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		3300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		4930
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		2910
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2860
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		11950
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		8000Confirmed Breeding
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		800
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		217100
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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