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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505088
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2014-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 17922
    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 The water level is high and is flooding into the richly-vegetated lake margins. This means that there is little suitable feeding habitat for waders. However, aerial counts do bias towards larger more visible birds and so there could have been an undercount of smaller birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		710
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		11360
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		17100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		4610
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1070
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		250
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		4750
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		580
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		22400
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		140
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		2510
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1290
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1520
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1490
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		38960
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2080
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		520
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2250
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		290
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		440
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		25580
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		4960
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30500
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2190
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		30


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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