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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503261
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 14423
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Fixed point photo taken at Catalina Jetty
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1570
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		11320
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		420
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		800
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		130
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		11050
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		560
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		23450Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		280
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		90
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		3190
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		510
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		4760
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		48880
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2740
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		900
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		11000
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		750
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2420
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4990
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		3300
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		5230
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		470
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		500


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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