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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506309
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 4046
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes St Lucia is very dry at present. There is very little water left in the lake. The lake is separated into compartments with no linkage between compartments. The Narrows has a much smaller surface area: volume ratio than elsewhere in the lake, and also has more water inflows than in the rest of the lake. As a result it still contains a reasonable volume of water. Sectors 9 to 15 of the lake were dry and not counted.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G Nanni
     
    0M Bowker
     
    0R Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		260
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		450
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		120
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		290
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		200
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		410
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		80
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		880
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		320
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1290
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		9120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1020
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		550
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		600
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		19810
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3710


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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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