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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505225
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-06-09
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 16545
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The lake is in a typical dry-down state. The water level is low, there are wide beaches & exposed sand banks. The whole of the northen lake is now in a hypersaline state (salinity higher than that of sea-water).
    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)    		1380
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		41460Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		340
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		6530
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		400
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		560
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		1390
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		2610
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1050
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		100
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		950
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		6850
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		42480
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		4200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3350
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		5750
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2780
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		8060
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		9650Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		9810
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		920
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		5900


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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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