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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503259
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-08-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 26017
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes It was a cloudy (4/8ths) and cool flight - moderate north wind (~15-20 knots). 14 mm rain over the previous two days (at St Lucia)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1310
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		65710Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10220Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		580
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1070
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		200
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		240
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		2920
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1040
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		720
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		2670
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10250
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		49000
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		55000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		760
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4770
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		240Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		620
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		560
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2700
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		160
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		5860
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		610
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4220Probably Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		4940Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30510
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2520


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